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FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS 



Distinguished Practitioners 



NOTES ON TREATMENT 



Compiled from the Published Writings or Unpublished Records of 

Drs. Fordyce Barker, Roberts Bartholow, Samuel D. Gross, Austin Flint, 

Alonzo Clark, Alfred L. Loomis, F. J. Bumstead, T. G. Thomas, H. 

C. Wood, Wm. Goodell, J. M. Fothergill, N. S. Davis, J. 

Marion Sims, Wm. H. Byford, E. G. Janeway, J. M. 

Da Costa. J. Solis Cohen, Meredith Clymer, 

J. Lewis Smith, W. H. Thomson, C. E. 

Brown-Sequard, M. A. Pallen, 

W. A. Hammond, 

&c, &c. 



^ BY 

B. W. PALMER, A.M., M.D. 



SECOND EDITION 

Revised and Enlarged 




BERMINGHAM & COMPANY 
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New York 



London 



1884 



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Copyright, 1884, 
By BERMINGHAM & CO. 



CONTENTS. 



I. 

PAGE 

Diseases of the Nose, Throat, Mouth and Chest. 7 



II. 
Diseases of the Abdominal Viscera 37 

III. 
Diseases of the Nervous System 60 

IV. 
Diseases of Women 91 

V. 
Diseases of Children K 103 

VI. 

Fevers, Rheumatism, Gout and Malaria ng 

VII. 
Venereal Diseases 132 



4 CONTENTS. 

VIII. 

PAGE 

Tonic Preparations 137 

IX. 
External Applications * 146 

X. 
Cod Liver Oil Preparations 162 

XI. 
Miscellaneous Prescriptions 165 









PREFACE. 



Surrounded by the voluminous medical publica- 
tions of the times, the busy practitioner is often at a 
loss to select from the mass of material at his disposal 
without monopolizing time that he can ill afford to 
spend in this way, that combination of therapeutical 
agencies which the experience of the most learned, 
successful and best trained medical minds of the age 
has proven is best adapted to meet the indications for 
treatment in well known conditions of disease. The 
author has striven, in this presentation of favorite pre- 
scriptions and practical points in treatment, to place 
before the profession for constant reference, in a con- 
densed, readily accessible way, matter that could only 
be gleaned from careful study and association with 
the medical writers and teachers of the times. 

No pretence of originality is made. The book is 
essentially a compilation. It is, however, a book 
which it is believed will be eminently useful. The 
design of the writer will have been accomplished if he 
succeeds by his offering in rendering more available 
for every-day use and guidance the practical treasures 
of medical wisdom which have been gathered from 
the earnest labors and careful observations of the 
most distinguished practitioners of the age. 



DISEASES OF THE NOSE, THROAT, MOUTH 
AND CHEST. 



Pneumonia. 

I£ Ammoniae muriatis « 3 iij. 

Antim. et pot. tartrat gr. ij. 

Morphiae sulphat gr. iij. 

Syrupi glycyrrhizae | iv. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful every two hours. 

Dr. N. S Davis. 

IJ Hydrarg. chlor. mitis 

Ipecac, pulveris , aa gr. vj. 

Opii pulveris gr. iij. 

Sacchar. alb gr. xxx. 

M. Ft. chart, vj. 

Sig. — One powder every four hours alternately with 
the preceding prescription. At the same time cover 
the chest with emollient poultices. 

Dr. N. S. Davis. 
Where a typhoid condition of the system is associ- 
ated with the pneumonia, bleeding is not well borne. 
In these cases Dr. Davis has obtained admirable re- 
sults by the use of the preceding prescriptions. 

At the end of twenty-four hours he omits the pow- 
ders, and if the bowels have not been moved he gives 
a mild laxative. If the symptoms are not favorably 



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modified in 3 or 4 days, a blister is placed on the side 
of the chest most affected. 

Should the pulse become soft and frequent, the 
breathing abdominal and the lips of a leaden hue, 

§, Quiniae sulph gr. ij. 

Ammon. carbonat gr. iv. 

M. Sig. — Take at a dose. If delirium becomes trou- 
blesome add 10 minims of chloroform to the ammonia 
mixture. If there is indication of malarial influence, 
quinine may be given during the remissions. 



Sub-Acute Pleurisy. 

5 Potas. acet 

Inf. digital. aa 3 ij-iv. 

Sig. — This amount each day; or 

5 Pulv. digital 

Pulv. scillae mar t 

Hydrarg. chlo. mit aa gr. x. 

M. Et. ft. pil. No. x. 

Sig. — One pill thrice daily. 

Dr. Alonzo Clark, 
The indications for treatment are to subdue the in- 
flammation and promote absorption of the effused 
fluid. Dr. Clark, to accomplish the first of these 
effects, uses blisters, three being usually sufficient, 
selecting three spots and applying only one* blister at 
a time, the second and third not being placed in posi- 
tion until the spot of former application has healed. 
As a diuretic he uses potassii iodidi xxx grs. a day; if 
this fail to diminish the fluid, he has resource to the 
above formulae. If constitutional effects of mercury 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 9 

declare themselves he returns again to the potassii 
iodid. Dr. Clark uses other means, as purgatives, 
vapor baths, and mild counter-irritants when he 
thinks them indicated, but, having exhausted all 
medical means without effect (as is sometimes the 
case), he either resorts to the trocar or does nothing. 



Asthmatic Fits of Emphysema. 

IJ, Tinct. opii 3 j. 

^Etheris 3 ij. 

Sig. — Sixty drops every twenty minutes. To each 
dose may be added: 

Tinct. lobeliae aetherae , gtt. xx. 

Meridith Clymer, M.D. 
This formula has often yielded relief in these sud- 
den attacks of asthma when all other means have 
failed. 



Diuretic in Cardiac Dropsy. 

]J Infus. digital f iijss. 

Acet. scillae § ss. 

M. Sig. — A tablespoonful two or three times a day. 

Bartholow. 



Diphtheritic Croup. 

5- Potassii chloratis 3 ij. 

Syrupi limonis § j. 

Aquae | iij. 

Dose according to age of child. If under two years, 
a teaspoonful; from two to ten, two teaspoonfuls; 



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over ten, a tablespoonful, given every three hours or 
every half hour in urgent cases. 

Recommended as almost specific in diphtheritic 
croup by Dr T. M. Drysdale. 



In Asthmatic Paroxysm. 

5* Tinct. lobeliae , § j. 

Ammon. iodidi 3 ij. 

Ammon. bromidi 3 iij. 

Syr. tolutan § iij. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful every one, two, three or four 
hours. Dr. Roberts Bartholow. 

Of this prescription Dr. Bartholow says: "It gives 
relief in a few minutes, and sometimes the relief is 
permanent. 



Emphysema. 

# Potass, chlorat 3 jss. 

Tinct. belladonnae § jss. * 

Ext. pruni virg. fluid 

Tinct. cinchonae co. aa § ij. 

M. Sig. — A dessertspoonful four times a day. 

Dr. Da Costa. 
Where the emphysema is accompanied by chronic 
bronchitis and loss of appetite, Dr. Da Costa has 
found the above prescription the most efficient. He 
advises also that dry cups be applied to the chest 
night and morning. 

In Bronchial Catarrh. 

]$ Acet. scillae % ss. 

Ext. ipecac, fl 3 ss. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. II 

/ 

Tinct. opii deodorat 3 j. 

Syr. tolutan 3 x. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful every two, three or four 
hours. Bartholow. 



In Spasmodic Asthma. 

IJ- Potass, bromid. . . . § j. 

Potass, iodid § ss. 

Aquae § iv. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful in sufficient water every half 
hour or hour. Dr Bartholow. 



In Chronic Phthisis. 

g, Syr. hypophos. comp | iijss. 

Acid phosphor, dil § ss. 

M. Sig. — Teaspoonful three times daily. 

Dr. Roberts Bartholow. 
The above combination is held by Dr. Bartholow to 
be very effective therapeutically; it may be advan- 
tageously given with cod liver oil, after meals, in 
chronic phthisis, or the following may be given when 
the effects of arsenic also are desired: 

IJ Syr. calcii lacto-phos § iv. 

Liq. potass, arsenitis 3 j. 

M. Sig. — A dessertspoonful ter die. 

Dr. Bartholow. 



Acute Catarrh. 

i Tinct. iodinii 3 ss. 

Acid carbolic 3 j. 

M. Sig. — Place a small, wide-mouthed bottle, con- 



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taining a moistened sponge, in a vessel of hot water; 
drop five to ten drops of the solution on the sponge 
and as the iodine vapor ascends with the vapor of the 
water, inhale it. Bartholow. 

In Summer Catarrh or Hay Asthma. 

IjL Potass, iodid § j. 

Liq. Potass, arsenit „ 3 j. 

Aquae § iv. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful every four or six hours. 
This, given internally, combined with the l^cal use 
by means of a post nasal syringe of the following for- 
mula, will often effect a cure in this obstinate malady: 

IJ Tinct. iodinii 3 j. 

Acid, carbol gtts. x. 

Aquae destillat | iv. 

M. Sig.— Apply with a post nasal syringe. 

Bartholow. 



In Acute Coryza and Hay Asthma. 

]$ Brominii 3 ss. 

Alcoholis % iv. 

M. Sig. — For inhalation. Bartholow. 

A small quantity may be placed in a wide-mouthed 
vial and vaporized by the warmth of the hand. The 
vapor should be snuffed into the nose. 



In Chronic Throat Affections. 

1J, Acid, tannici 3 ii. 

Spts. vini rect 3 i. 

Mist, camph ad § x. 

M. Sig. — As an astringent gargle. Bartholow. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 1 3 

In these throat affections the above as a gargle, 
combined with a spray of a solution of tannin, 3 grs. 
to the § is of great benefit. 

Chronic Bronchitis, Emphysema, Spasmodic Asthma, Hay 
Asthma, and Phthisis. 

5 Potass, arsenit gr. xv. 

Aquae destillat , . . § j. 

Take unsized white paper, thoroughly moisten it 
with this solution, dry and cut into twenty equal 
parts and roll each part into a cigarette. Two or 
three of these are to be smoked daily, inhaling the 
smoke. Trousseau. 

The above is also found very beneficial in acute and 
chronic coryza. 

In Chronic Bronchitis. 

5 Ext. eucalypt f j. 

Ammon. muriat 3 ij. 

Ext. glycyrrhizae § ij. 

Syr. tolu § iij. 

M. Sig. — A tablespoonful four or six times a day. 

Barthotow. 
This forms an excellent expectorant in cases of 
chronic bronchitis and bronchorrhoea. 



Chronic Bronchitis. 

R Ammonii chloridi 3 ij. 

Mist, glycyrrhizae co § iij. 

M. Sig. — A dessertspoonful three times a day. 

Dr. Da Costa. 



14 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

This formula is adapted for those cases of bronchi- 
tis accompanied by chronic catarrh in old persons. 



Acute Bronchitis. 

§, Vini ipecacuanhae 3 ij. 

Liq. potassii citratis § iv. 

Tinct. opii camphoratae 

Syrupi acaciae aa § j. 

M. Sig. — A tablespoonful thrice daily in the first 
stage of ordinary acute bronchitis. Dr. Da Costa. 

This union of the sedative effects of opium with the 
excito -secretory action of the ipecacuanha on the con- 
gested mucous membrane has been found very ser- 
viceable. 



Aphthae of Phthisis. 

# Quiniae sulph gr. j. 

Olei piperis nigris gtt. j. 

Aquae I j. 

M. Sig.— May be applied with a brush, or mouth 
rinsed with it. This is the wash in use at Roosevelt 
Hospital, and is at the same time antiseptic and stimu- 
lant. 

In Mercurial Salivation. 

5 Acidi tannici 3 i. 

Mel. rosae § ij. 

Aquae 1 vj. 

M. Sig. — As a gargle. Bartholow. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 1 5 

Whooping Cough Mixture. 

Infants' Hospital, Randall's Island, N. Y. 

§, Acid, nitric, dil fl. 3 i. 

Syr. pruni virg fl. | -J. 

Aquae q. s. ad fl, § 2. 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 

Whooping Cough Mixture. 

Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

IJ Tinct. nucis vom fl. 32. 

Vin. ipecac fl. 3 2^. 

Syr. sarsap. co 

" senegae aa fl. 3 i£. 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful, for children. 

Dr. Ackermann. 

Letzerich's Treatment of Diphtheria by Benzoate of Soda. 

§, Sodae benzoat, pur 3j. 

Aquae destillat 

Aquae menth. pip 4 aa § j. 

Syrup cort. aurantii 3 ij. 

M. For an infant under one year old, one-half table- 
spoonful every hour. 

For Hemorrhages. • 

5 Acidi gallici 3 j. 

Glycerini § ss. 

Aquae destillat f vj, 

M. Sig. — Two tablespoonfuls three times a day. 

Farquharson. 



l6 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Mitral Regurgitation and in Dilatation of the Cavi- 
ties of the Heart. 

IJ, Ferri redacti 

Quiniae sulphat 

Pulv. digitalis. aa3j. 

Pulv. scillae gr. x. 

M. Ft. pil. No. xx. 

Sig. — One pill three or four times a day. Bartholow. 
This prescription is especially serviceable in those 
cases of dilatation accompanied by cough, difficult 
breathing and general dropsy, and is of more value in 
such cases than so called cardiac sedatives and diu- 
retics. 



In Chronic Heart Disease. 

IJ Pulv. digital gr. xxx. 

Fer. sulph. exsiccat gr. xv. 

Pulv. capsici gr. xl. 

Pil. al. et myrrh § ij. 

M. Ft. pil. No. lx. 

Sig. — One twice a day. Fothergill. 

This is indicated in the following condition so fre- 
quent in heart disease, viz.: Where gastric catarrh, 
copious eructations of wind and inactivity of the 
bowels are associated with the cardiac debility. 



Mixture of Digitalis and Iron for Cardiac Weakness with 
Dilatation of the Ventricles. 

IJ Tr. ferri perchlorid 3 ij. 

Syr. zingiberis 3 v j. 

Inf. digitalis § v. 

M. Tablespoonful three times daily. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 1 7 

Bell's Gargle. 

IJ, Sodii biboratis 3 2. 

Fermenti 

Mellis aa | %. 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. § 8. 

Mix. 

In Cardiac Debility with Scanty Flow of Urine. 

IJ Tinct. digitalis TT^x. 

Sp. aether nit 3 ss. 

Inf. buchu § j. 

M. Sig. — Three times a day. Fothergill. 

This is a pleasant combination and may have citrate 
of potash added to it with advantage, or if there is 
much debility with the heart disease, or it is associ- 
ated with atonic gout, the following will prove very 
efficacious: 

$ Pot. bicarb gr. x. 

Fer. am. cit . . gr. v. 

Tinct. digitalis TTlx. 

Inf. buchu § j. 

Sig. — Three times a day, followed by draught of 
water. 



Influenza. 

$ Ac. phos. dil M. xv. 

Spt. chloroformi M. xxv. 

Syr. scillae 3 j. 

Aquae ad. f j. 

M. Sig. — Four or six times every twenty-four hours. 

Fothergill. 






1 8 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

This will form an efficient expectorant, free from 
depressant effects in epidemic catarrh. In the con- 
valescent stage where a tonic is also desired the fol- 
lowing is very acceptable: 

3 Acid nit. dil M. x. 

Sp. chloroformi 3 ss. 

Inf. cinchonae f j. 

Sig. — Three or four times a day. FothergilL 

In Ulcerated Mouth or Gums or Mercurial Salivation. 

$ Potass, chloratis 3 j. 

Aquae § vi. 

Two tablespoonfuls three times a day as a gargle. 

Farquharson. 

Acute Pleuritis. 

5 Tinct. aconit. rad 3 ij. 

Tinct. opii deodorat 3 vj. 

M. Sig. — Eight drops in water every hour or two. 

Bartholow. 
In acute pleuritis, before the stage of effusion has 
set in, no more effective combination will be found 
than the above. 



Enlarged Heart Without Valvular Lesion. 

^ Ext. ergotae fl § iijss. 

Tr. digitalis | ss. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful three times a day. 

Bartholow. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 19 

A Stimulating Expectorant. 

g Am. carbonat gr. v. 

Tinct. nuc. vom m. x. 

Tinct scillae . . . 3 ss. 

Inf. serpentar § j. 

M. Sig. — Three times a day. Fothcrgill. 

In those cases in which chronic bronchitis is associ- 
ated with emphysema, or in the second stage of acute 
bronchitis, where the heart is severely taxed, this com- 
bination of remedies will strengthen the over-taxed 
heart and clear out the air passages. 



Acute Catarrh. 

IJ Antim. et potass, tart gr. ss. 

Morphiae acetat gr. ss. 

Aquae § ij. 

M. Sig. — A tablespoonful every hour or so. 

Dr, Barthelow. 
This is advised in the first stage of catarrh when the 
mucous membrane is dry and swollen. 



Haemoptysis. 

5 Plumbi acetat 3 ij. 

Pulv. digital 3 j. 

Pulv. opii gr. x. 

M. Ft. pil. No. xx. 

Sig. — One every four hours. 

Dr. Roberts Bartholow. 



20 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Caseous Pneumonia. 

§, Inf. digital . f iv. 

Plumbi acetat 3j. 

Tinct. opii 3 j. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonfu] twice a day. 

Dr. Oppolzer. 

Coryza. 

3 Pulveris aluminis. . . . 9 . gr. v-xxx. 

Aquae f j. 

M. Sig. — To be drawn into the nostrils three or 
four times a day in the form of spray. 

/. Solis Cohen, M.D. 
This spray will diminish the profuse secretion and 
destroy the foetor incident to coryza. 



Expectorant Mixture for Children. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

5 Syr. senegae — 

" pruni virg 

" acaciae aa fl. § i. 

M. Dose: a teaspoonful. Dr. Holgate. 

Expectorant Mixture. 

Insane Asylum, BlackwelVs Island, N. Y. 

]J Spts. etheris co 

Syr. ipecac 

Tinct. opii camph , 

Aquae 

M. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



Equal parts 

of 

each. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 21 

Cough Mixture. 

Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

ty Syr. tolut *) 

Syr. pruni. virg. I 

Tr. hyoscyami y aa fl. | j. 

Spts. etheris com I 

Aquae J 

M. Sig. — Dose: a teaspoonful. 

Prof. E. G. Janeway. 

g, Acid hydrocyan dil 3 i. 

Tinct. sanguinariae 3 iv, 

Syr. senegae § ss. 

Syr. tolutan § ij. 

Aquae lauro-cerasi 3 vij. 

M. Sig. — One or two teaspoonfuls, according to age, 
every three or four hours. Dr. Bartholow. 

This formula is most successful in treating the 
cases of cough by habit after the cessation of the 
whooping cough proper. It is also very useful in 
allaying the nervous cough of mothers which exists 
during the presence of cough in the household. 



Expectorant Mixture. 
Charity Hospital, BlackwelVs Island, N. Y. 

5 Tinct. sanguinar fl. 3 i 

Tinct. opii camph 

Syr. scillae 

Syr. tolut aa fl. 3 2 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. § 2 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 






22 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. \ 

J 

Asthmatic Mixture. 

Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

and 

Charity Hospital, BlackwelVs Island, N. Y. 

IJ Spiritus aether co 

Liquor morph. sulph (U. S.) aa fl. § i 

Mix. Dose: from one teaspoonful to a tablespoon- 
fui. 



Mistura "Bronchi." 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

g, Ammonii carbon grs. 10 

Syr. ipecac fl. 3 i^ 

Tinct. opii camph fl. 3 i 

Syr. pruni virg •. . 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. § 2 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful, for children. 

Dr. Beverly Robinson. 

Carbonate of Ammonia Mixture. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

fy Ammonii carbonat 3 \ 

Syr. senegae fl. 3 4 

" t ipecac fl. 3 2 

" 'tolut fl. 3 4 

Ext. glycyrrh 3 i 

Aquae cinnam. q. s. ad fl. § 4 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful, for children. 

Dr. Geo. H. Bosley. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 23 

Chloride of Ammonium Mixture. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

IJ Ammonii chloridi 3 i 

Potassii chlorat grs. 40 

Syr. senegae fl. 3 4 

" ipecac fl. 3 3 

" tolut fl. 35 

Ext. glycyrrhizae 3 1 

Aqua cinnam. q. s. ad fl. § 4 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful, for children. 

Dr. Geo. H. Bosley. 

Compound Licorice Mixture. 
{Brown Mixture. ) 

§, Pulv. ext. glycyrrh 

" sacchari 

" acaciae aa 3 1 

Tinct. opii camph fl. § \ 

Vini antimonii fl. 3 2 

Spts. etheris nit fl. 3 1 

Aquae q. s. ad fl- 1 4 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. Shake before using. 

Stokes' Expectorant Mixture. 

g, Ammonii carbon grs. 32 

Ext. senegae fl 

Ext. scillae fl aa fl. 3 1 

Tinct. opii camph fl. 3 6 

Aquae fl. § \ 

Syr. tolut. q. s. ad fl. f 4 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



24 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Expectorant Emulsion. 
Harfs Island Hospital, New York. 

$ Morph. sulph . . . : , . . . gr. ij. 

Syr. scillae 

" ipecac aa fl. § ij. 

" tolut 

" pruni virg aa fl. § jss. 

Tr. benz. comp 

Tr. sanguinariae aa fl. f ss. 

Aquae fl. § ij. 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 

Expectorant Mixture. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

fy Syr. scillae co , , 

" ipecac aa fl. § i 

Syrupi fl. § i 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful, for children. 

Dr. Swezey. 

Sedative Mixture. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

§, Acid, hydrocyan. dilut 

Chloroformi purif aa fl. 3 i 

Tinct. hyoscyami ; 

Syr. tolutani 

Aquae camphorae 

Mucil. acaciae aa fl. § i 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 

Dr. Katzenbach. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 2$ 

Licorice Mixture. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

§, Ammonii chloridi 

Ext. glycyrrhizae aa 3 2 

Tinct. opii camph fl. 3 2 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. § 4 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. Dr. Br ekes. 



Hoffmann's Anodyne and Iodide of Potash. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

5 Potass, iodidi 33 

Tinct. tolut fl. 3 1 

Ext. pruni virg. fl fl. 3 1 

Syrupi fl. § 1 

Spts. aetheris co fl. 3 2 

Aquae * fl. § 1 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 

Prof. E. G. Janeway. 



Nitrate of Potash Mixture. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

fy Potass, nitrat gr. 1 

Spts. aether, nit 

Syr. ipecac aa fl. 3 i 

Syr. pruni virg fl. 3 2 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. § 1 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful, for children. 

Dr. Robinson. 



26 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Hydrocyanic Mixture. 
Bellevue Hospital, New York. 

5 Potass, cyanidi , 

Morphiae sulphat . . . . aa grs. iv. 

Syr. tolut fl. 1 iv. 

Mix. Each 3 contains \ gr. each of potassium 
cyanide and morphia sulphate. Dose: a teaspoonful. 

Hydrocyanic Mixture. 
Charity Hospital, BlackwelVs Island, N. Yl 

5 Potass, cyanidi grs. 2 

Vini antimonii fl. 3 2 

Syr. tolut 

Mucil. acaciae aa fl. f i 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. § 1 

Mix. Dose : a teaspoonful. 

Chlorate of Potash Mixture. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

5- Potass, chlorat 3 1 

Ext. glycyrrhizae 3 i 

Ammonii chloridi 3 1 

Aquae fl. § 4 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. Dr. Geo. G.Wheelock. 

Stimulating Expectorant. 

5 Ammon. carbonat gr. xl. 

Tinct. sciilae 3 ij. 

Syr. tolutani 3 iij. 

Infus. senegae f vij. 

Mis. Ft. mistura et sig. two tablespoonfuls every 
four hours. Dr. Farquharson. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 2/ 

Cyanide and Bromide of Potash Mixture. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

IJ Potass, bromidi 3 4 

Potass, cyanidi grs. 4 

Syr. pruni virgin fl. § 4 

Mix. Dose : a teaspoonful. 

Pneumonia. 

IJ, Ammon. carb grs. lxxx. 

Mucilag 

Aquae aa fl. § i. 

Spts. vini gallici fl. f ii. 

M. Sig. — A tablespoonful three times daily. 
When indicated, this is alternated with the follow- 
ing: 

5 Syrup scillae co 3 iii. 

Vini ipecac . 3 iss. 

Morph. sulph gr. ss. 

Aquae 3 iss. 

Syrupi q. s. ad . , | iv. 

M. Sig. — A tablespoonful three times daily. 
Where the dyspnoea becomes severe, with signs of 
increasing exhaustion, feeble heart action, etc., the 
amount of stimulants is increased to § xii daily, and 
in addition: 

5 Infus. digitalis 3 ii. 

Sig. — Dose, every three hours. 

Where dulness is present over more or less of the 
lung, ammonium muriate, grs. xx. three times daily is 
administered. Dr. W. H. Thomson. 



28 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Hoffmann's Anodyne and Iodide of Potash. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

5 Ammonii carbon grs. 50 

Potass, iodidi 33 

Syr. pruni virg 

Spts. aether, co , aa fl. § 1^ 

Mix. Dose : a teaspoonful. 

Dr. Katzenbach. 



Hydrothorax. 

5 Potass, carbon grs. xx. 

Aquae § ss. 

M. et add 

Succi limonis . . . . § ss. 

Sig. — Dose, every two hours. 

With this also give: 

Infus. digitalis 3 j-ij. 

three times daily. A. Clark. 

Counter-irritant in Pleurisy. 

5 Iodinii 3 j. 

Potass, iodidi 3 ij. 

Aq. destil 

Alcohol aa I ij. 

M. W. If. Draper. 

Tfr Iodinii § ijss. 

Potass, iodidi '. § ss. 

Alcoholis § xij. 

Aquae 1 iv. 

M. F. Delafield. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 29 

Dyspnoea of Valvular Disease. 

5 Liq. Morph. U. S. P 

Spts. ether, co aa f i. 

M. Dose, a teaspoonful. A. Flint 

Diuretic in Pleurisy. 

5 Potas. acetat 3 ss 

Infus. digitalis § ss. 

M. Sig. — Dose, every four hours. A. Flint 

Diuretic Pill in Pleurisy. 

IJ, Pulv. scillae 

Pulv. digitalis 

Massa hydrarg aa gr. j. 

M. Ft. pil. W. H. Draper. 

Acute Catarrhal Bronchitis. 

5 Ammon. chlorid 3 ij. 

Potass, chlorat 3 j. 

Aq. Cinnam § iij. 

Syr. senegae | ss. 

Spts. ether nit § ss. 

Ext. glycyrrh 3 iss. 

M. Sig. — Tablespoonful every two hours. 

y. R. Learning. 

Emphysema. 

5 Potass, iodidi 3 iij. 

Ammon. carbon grs. 50 

Syr. pruni virg. 

Spts. ether, co , aa § iss. 

■ M. Dose, a teaspoonful. A. Flint 



30 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Acute Pleurisy. 
At the onset of the attack: — 

§, Tr. aconit. rad gtt. xx. 

Tr. opii camph ,. 

Spts. etheris nit. aa ^ ss. 

Liq. ammon. acet § v. 

M. Sig. — A tablespoonful every three hours. 

/. H. Ripley. 



Bronchitis. 

5- Potass, iodidi 3 iij . 

Tr. tolutan 3 j. 

Ext. pruni virg. fl 3 j. 

Syrupi | j. 

Spts. ether, co § ij. 

Aquae 1 j. 

M. Dose, a teaspoonful. E. G. Janeway. 

In Ulceration of the Larynx. 

3 Glycerini acidi carbolici 

Succi conii aa § j. 

Misce. A teaspoonful to be put into a pint of 
water at the temperature of 170 , and the steam in< 
haled for fifteen minutes twice or thrice a day. 

Dr. DobelL 



In Hoarseness from Weakness of Larynx. 
^ Acidi benzoici gr. ss. 

Pastae ribis rubri (red currant paste). . .gr. x t 
M. fiat trochiscus. One every hour or two. 

Dr. M. Mackenzie. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 3 I 

In Cardiac Debility. 

}> Liq. strychniae TTl v. 

Tinct. digitalis TTl x. 

Tinct. ferri perchlor TTl x. 

Aquae vel inf. quassiae 3 j. 

Misce. To be taken three times a day. 

Dr. J. M. FothergilL 



Anti-Rheumatic in Pericarditis. 

5 Potass, iodidi 3 v. 

Vin. colchici sem § i. 

Tinct. cimicifug. rac 3 ii. 

Tinct. stramon 3 ss. 

Tinct. opii camph 3 iss. 

M. Dose: a teaspoonful three times daily. 

Dr. W. H. Draper. 



In Angina Pectoris. 

5 Liq. arsenicalis TTl v. 

Aquae 3 j. 

Misce. To be taken three times a day. 

Dr. F. E. An stic. 



In Haemoptysis. 

]J Acidi tannici 3 ss. 

Conf. rosae, q. s 

Fiant pilulae, xviij. Take one every four hours. 

Cottereau. 



32 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Ulcerated Throat, Cancrum Oris, etc. 

5 Cupri sulphatis gr. v. 

Oxymellis § ss. 

Misce. Apply it with a camel-hair pencil. 

Mr. Brande. 

In Consumptive Cough. 

1$ Mucil. acaciae f % j. 

Aquae destil f | viss. 

Syr. tolutani f 1 ss. 

Acidi hydrocy. dil TT[ xij. 

Misce. A tablespoonful every three hours. 

Mr. S. G. Morton. 

In Cardiac Debility. 

5 Tinct. belladonnae. % xx. 

Tinct. nucis vom fty x. 

Aquae camph § j. 

Misce. To be taken three times a day. 

Z>r. /. M. Fothergill. 

To Quiet Common or Spasmodic Cough. 

ty, Ext. conii gr. v. 

Mist, amygdalae f 3 xiv. 

Syr. papaveris f 3 ij. 

Misce. Sumat cochleare unum medium bis vel ter 
die. Mr. Brande. 

In Advanced Heart Disease. 

U Gambogiae gr. j. 

Pulv. jalapae co 3 ij. 

Fiat pulvis. Dr. J. M. Fothergill. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 33 

In Cardiac Debility. 

5 Tinct. colchici sem TU x. 

Tinct. digitalis V\ x. 

Sp. etheris nit V\, xxv. 

Inf. buchu 1 j. 

Misce. To be taken three times a day. 

Dr. J. M. Fothergill. 

In Acute Congestion of the Pharynx and Larynx. 
5 Tinct. benzoini co 3 j ad 3 ij. 

To be added to a pint of water at 150 F., and in- 
haled for five or eight minutes every four or six hours 
from a suitable inhaler. Dr. Morell Mackenzie. 

In Chronic Heart Disease. 

^ Pulv. digitalis gr. \ — j. 

Ferri sulph gr. j; 

Pulv. capsici gr. \. 

Ext. gentianae gr. ij. 

M. f. pilula. Take three a day. Dr. Fothergill. 

In Simple Cardiac Debility. 

IJ. Tinct. digitalis TT[ x. 

Sp. chloroform TTJ, xxv. 

Inf. buchu 3 j. 

Misce. To be taken three times a day. 

Dr. J. M. Fothergill 

In Chronic Pleuritis. 

5- Pulv. digitalis : 

Quin. sulph . aa gr. j. 

Conf ec. rosae, q. s 

Fiat pilula. To be taken three times a day. 

Niemeyer. 



34 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Cardiac Debility. 

IJ Ferri tartarat gr. v. 

Potass, bicarb gr. v. 

Tinct. digitalis TT[ x. 

Inf. calumbae '. | j. 

Misce. To be taken three times a day. 

Dr. J. M. FothergilL 

In Tonsillitis. 

IJ Resinae guaiaci . . gr. iij. 

Pastae ribis rubri (red currant paste).. gr. vij. 
M. f. trochiscus. [One to be sucked every hour or 
two.] Dr. M. Mackenzie. 



In Ozsena. 

IJ Hydrarg. iodidi rubri 

Hydrarg. subchlor aa gr. xij. 

Sacch. alb § ss. 

Misce. To be used as an errhine. Niemeyer. 

In Acute Bronchial Catarrh. 

IJ Ext. glycyrrhizae § ij. 

Liq. ammon. anisati § ij. 

Aquae fceniculi § vj. 

Misce. To be taken in teaspoonfuls. Niemeyer. 

In Bronchocele. 

fy Tinct. iodi § j. 

Inject Tfyxxx into the substance of the gland once a 
week for the first two or three weeks, and after, once 
a fortnight as long as necessary. Give iodide of po- 
tassium internally. Dr. More// Mackenzie. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 35 

In Pleuritis. 

IJ Iodi 3 ss. 

Potass, iodidi 3 ss. 

Aquae destil f ij. 

Fiat lotio. To be applied to affected side. 

Nietneyer. 

In Ozaena. 

g, Iodini gr. ij — iv. 

Potass, iodidi gr. iv — viij. 

Aquae § vj. 

Fiat injectio. Niemeyer. 

An Emetic in Nocturnal Dyspnoea of Laryngitis. 

IJ Pulv. ipecac 3 j. 

Antimon. tartar gr. j. 

Oxymel. scillae 3 iij. 

Aquae f iss. 

Misce. A teaspoonful every ten minutes. 

Niemeyer. 

In Putrid Sorethroat, Scarlatina, etc. 

IJ Tinct. myrrhae * 

Aceti ana | ij. 

Mellis I j. 

Inf. serpentariae Oiiss 

Misce. Fiat gargarisma. Dr. FothergilL 

In Relaxation of Pharynx. 

5 Ex. krameriae gr. iij. 

Pastae ribis rubri (red currant paste), .gr. vij. 
M. Fiat trochiscus. One every two or three hours. 

Dr. M. Mackenzie. 



36 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

A Stimulant in Congestion of the Larynx. 

5 Ol. pini sylvest 3 ij — 3 iij. 

Magnes. carb. levis gr. \x. 

Aquae, ad fl. § iij. 

M. A teaspoonful in a pint of water, at 150 F., to 
be inhaled night and morning for ten minutes. (An 
increased stimulant character may be given to this in- 
halation by the addition of twenty grains of camphor 
to the mixture.) Dr. Morell Mackenzie. 



In Acute Bronchial Catarrh. 

]J Liq. ammon. anisat 3 ss. 

Inf. senegae 3 ij-iv. 

Aquae § vj. 

Misce. Two tablespoonfuls three times a day. 

Niemeyer. 



In Aphthae of the Mouth. 

5 Sodae sulphitis 3 j. 

Aquae § j. 

Misce. Ut fiat lotio. Sir W. Jenner. 

In Dropsy of Emphysema. 

5 Aceti scillae § j. 

Potass, carb. ad saturationem 

Aquae destil § vj. 

Misce. A tablespoonful every two hours. 

Niemeyer. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 37 



II. 

DISEASES OF THE ABDOMINAL VISCERA. 



In Lead Colic. 

5 Aluminis 3 ij. 

Acid sulph. dil 3 j. 

Syr. limonis 3 j. 

Aquae 3 iij. 

M. Sig. — A tablespoonful every hour or two. 

Bartholow. 
Will relieve the violent pains of painter's colic. 



Rum Stomach. 

IJ Tinct. nucis vomicae grs. v-xv. 

Tinct. gentianae co 

Tinct. columbae co aa 3 j. 

M. Sig. — Take before meals. 

Dr. Alfred L. Loomis. 
This is advised in those cases of rum stomach ac- 
companied by gaseous distension of the bowels and 
stomach. We may also advantageously give a mercu- 
rial or aloetic purge. 



38 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Gastric Catarrh. 

5 Aluminis 3 ij. 

Ext. gentian 3 ss. 

M. Ft. pil. No. xxx. Sig. — Two pills three times a 
day. Dr. Bartholow. 

This formula is held to be most effective when there 
is vomiting of glairy mucus from the stomach. 



West's Mixture. 

$ Ol. ricini fl. 3 2 

Pulv. acaciae 

Pulv. sacchari . . * aa 3 2 

Tinct. opii m. 21 

Aquae cinnam. q. s. ad fl. § 4 

Mix. Dose : a teaspoonful, for children, in diar- 
rhoea. 



Opium, Rhubarb and Camphor. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

1$, Tinct. opii 

Tinct. rhei arom 

Spts. camphorae aa fl. 3 i 

Tinct. cardam co fl. 3 2 

Aquae anisi q. s. ad fl. § 4 

Mix. Dose : a tablespoonful, for children, in diar- 
rhoea. Dr. Swezey. 



Hot Drops. 
Charity Hospital, BlackwelVs Island, N. Y. 

]J Tinct. opii 

Tinct. capsici 

Spts. camphorae 

Spts. menthae pip 

Aquae fl. § 1 

Mix. Dose : a teaspoonful. 



>aa fl. 3 2 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 39 

Cholera Morbus. 

5 Chloral hydratis 3 iij. 

Morphiae sulphatis gr. iv. 

Aquae laurocerasi , | j. 

M. Sig.— From fifteen to twenty minims injected 
hypodermically for cholera and cholera morbus. 

Roberts Bartholow, M.D. 

This injection may produce considerable burning 
pain and an indurated lump, but it is considered by 
Dr. Bartholow to be the most effective remedy known 
for relief of cholera, etc., the patient not infrequently 
being wrested from a condition of extreme danger. 



Habitual Constipation. 

g, Ext. stillingiae fl 3 v. 

Tinct. belladonnae 

Tinct. nucis vomicae 

Tinct. physostigmae aa 3 j. 

M. Sig. — Twenty drops in water three times a day 
before meals. Bartholow. 



Acute Dysentery. 

5 Cupri sulph gr. ss. 

Magnes. sulph § j. 

Acid sulph. dil 3 j. 

Aquae f iv. 

M. Sig. — A tablespoonful every four hours. 

Dr. Roberts Bartholow. 



40 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Chronic Diarrhoea. 

5 Bismuthi subnitratis gr. v. 

Morphiae sulphat , . . gr. -fa. 

M. Sig. — This much two or three or more times 
daily. Dr. Alonzo Clark. 

This formula will often afford relief in these cases, 
though* the influence of proper diet and change of 
surroundings should also be considered in treatment. 



Constipation. 

1$ Tinct. nucis vomicae 

Tinct. belladonnae 

Tinct. physostigmae aa 3 ii. 

M. Sig. — Thirty drops in water morning and even- 
ing. Dr. Bartholow. 
- Where constipation is due to torpor of the muscular 
layer of the intestine, combined with deficient secre- 
tion of the mucous membrane, this formula is often 
very serviceable, or the following may be taken: 

5 Ext. physostigmae 

Ext. belladonnae 

Ext. nucis vomicae aa gr. v. 

M. Ft. pil. No. io. Sig. — One pill at bed hour. 

Bartholow. 



Diarrhoea. 

^ Tinct. colombae 3 xv. 

Tinct. opii deodor 3 j. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful in a wineglassful of water, 
before meals. Bartholow. 

This formula is best adapted to a condition such as 
the following, viz. : 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 41 

Soon after taking food, pain referable to small in- 
testine, nausea, loose evacuations containing undi- 
gested aliments and followed by weakness and de- 
pression. 



In First Stages of Cirrhosis. 

IJ Ammon. iodid 3 j. 

Liq. potass, arsenit 3 ss. 

Tinct. colombae § ss. 

Aquae . § jss. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful three times a day before 
meals. Bartholow. 



Diarrhoea Mixture. 

5 Tinct. opii. 

Tinct. capsici 

Tinct. rhei arom 

Spts. menthae pip . . . . 

Spts. camphorae 

Mix. Dose: 20-40 min. Dr. Ruschenberger. 



>aa p. e. 



Compound Aloes Mixture. 

5 Aloes socotr § 1 

Sodii bicarb f i-J- 

Glycerine 

Spts. lavand co aa fl. f 2. 

Ol. menthae pip m. 25 

Aquae. . Oi 

Mix. Dose: one to two tablespoonfuls as a purga- 
tive; one to two teaspoonfuls as a stomachic and 
tonic. 



42 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Diarrhoea Mixture. 
Harts Island Hospital, N. Y. 

§ Tinct. capsici fl. § i 

Tinct. catechu 

Tinct. kino 

Tinct. krameriae aa fl. f 4 

Tinct. opii fl. § 3 

Spts. menth. pip fl. § 2 

Spts. camphorae 

Aquae aa fl. §4 

Mix. Dose: 30-60 minims. 

Diuretic Mixture. 

g, Spiritus juniperi § ss. 

Potass, acetat 3 jss. 

Spiritus aetheris nit § 3. 

Decoc. scoparii (br) f viij. 

Dose : two tablespoonfuls three times a day. 



Hyperemia of the Kidney. 
In addition to general hygienic measures, Pi of. 
Montrose Pallen, M.D., advises the use of vaseline in- 
unctions and sponging the surface with hot water and 
alcohol. The use of the hot air or Turkish bath, and 
the most easily digested and highly nutritious food, 
such as milk and kumyss. An aperient is to be given 
and a uniform temperature maintained by keeping 
the patient in bed. Massage is advantageous, stimu- 
lating the circulation. Should the symptoms of ec- 
lampsia come on, we must have recourse to chloroform 
and bleeding. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 43 

Gastralgia. 

5 Argenti oxidi grs. v. 

Ext. hyoscyami grs. v. 

M. Ft. pil. No. x. Sig. — One pill three times a 
day before meals. Bartholow. 

This formula is indicated in cases where there is 
pain after taking food, lasting for an hour or more, 
burning pain with pyrosis coming on after the com- 
pletion of the stage of stomach digestion, eructations 
of food, with sour and acrid matters. 



Anti-Emetic Mixture. 
Charity Hospital, BlackwelVs Island, N. Y. 

IJ, Creasoti m. 12 

Acid hydrocyan. dil m. 30 

Pulv. acaciae 

u sacchari aa 36 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. § 2 

Mix. Dose : a teaspoonful. 



Castor Oil Mixture. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevne Hospital, N. Y. 

§, Olei ricini , fl. 3 4 

Mucil. acaciae 3 4 

Tinct, opii fl. 3 2 

Tinct. rhei. arom fl. 3 4 

Aquae menthae pip. q. s. ad fl o 4 

Mix. Dose : a teaspoonful, for children, in diar- 
rhoea. Dr. Bosley. 



44 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Hope's Mixture. 

I£ Acid nitrici m. 8 

Tinct. opii m. 40 

Aquae camphorae fl. § 8 

Mix. Dose : a tablespoonful. In dysentery. 



Rhubarb and Soda. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hosptal, N. Y. 

Ifc Sodii bicarb 3 1 

Extr. rhei. fl 

Spts. menthae pip aa fl. 3 1 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. 1 4 

Mix. Dose : a tablespoonful. 



Compound Rhubarb Mixture. 

1 fl. 3 contains. 

§, Ext. rhei. fl m. 256 m. 1 

Ext. ipecac fl m. 51 m. £ 

Sodii bicarb grs. 512 grs. 2 

Glycerinae fl. f 12 fl. 3f 

Aq. menthae pip O 2 fl. 3 f 

Mix. Dose : -J to 1 teaspoonful, two or three times 
a day, for children. Dr. Squibb. 



Bicarbonate of Soda. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

]£ Sodii bicarb \ 1 

Tinct. zingiber fl. 3 2 

Tinct. gent, co fl. § 1 

Aquae fl. 1 5 

Mix. Dose: two teaspoonfuls. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 45 

Rhubarb and Soda. 
Bellevue Hospital, New York. 

5- Sodii bicarbon 3 i 

Pulv. rhei s § \ 

Spts. menthae pip fl. 3 2 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. § 4 

Mix. Dose : a tablespoonful. 

Rhubarb and Lime. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

1$, Tinct. opii camph 

Syr. rhei. arom '. aa fl. § -§• 

Aquae calcis fl. § 2 

Mix. Dose : a teaspoonful, for children, in diar- 
rhoea. Dr. Ackerniann. 



In Gastralgia and Irritative Dyspepsia. 

§. Bismuthi subcarb 3 iij. 

Morph. sulph gr. j. 

Pulv. aromat 3 j. 

Ft. pulv. No, xii. Sig. — A pov^der in milk before 
each meal. Dr. Bartholow. 

The above will quiet the existing irritability and re- 
lieve the pain in these cases. 



In Acute and Chronic Dysentery. 

IJ Plumb, acetat grs. iv. 

Morphiae acetat gr. ss. 

Aq. fervid § j. 

M. Sig. — Use as an enema. 

Dr. Roberts Bartholow. 



46 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Chronic Interstitial Nephritis. 

]J Tinct. ferri chloridi m. x. 

Syrupi limonis . m. 1. 

Aquae 3 iij. 

M. Sig. — To be taken thrice daily in a wineglassful 
of water. Dr. Da Costa. 

Patients in addition to the above means of medica- 
tion, should be treated by a nourishing diet, a little 
wine is allowable, and as a matter of course, hygiene 
should be strictly attended to. 



Uraemia. 

^ Acid benzoici gr. xx. 

Syrupi tolutani § j. 

Sig. — To be given every third hour, largely diluted 
with water. Dr. Da Costa. 

Benzoic acid has the effect of preventing the accu- 
mulation of the urinary salts in the blood, and thus 
exercising a favorable influence over the course of 
the disease. Dr. Da Costa advises also warm bathing 
(and if patient is very weak a vapor bath may be 
given him in bed by means of hot bricks wrapped in 
wet towels) and an efficient purge. 



For Sluggish Liver. 

IJ Acidi nitro-muriat. dil 3 ii. 

Succi (extract) taraxaci § ss. 

Spiritus chloroformi 3 iss. 

Aquae ad. § viij. 

Sig. — § j. three times daily. Dr. Farquharson. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 47 

Diarrhoea of Phthisis. 

9 Resin terebinth gr. iij. 

Argenti nitrat 

Opii aa gr. £ 

M. Sig. — One pill when needed. 

This formula is used in these cases at Roosevelt 
Hospital with uniform good results, the diet being 
milk boiled with mutton suet until it is as thick as 
cream. 

Squibb's Cholera Mixture. 

^ Tinct. opii 

" capsici 

Spts. camphorae aa fl. § 1 

Chloroformi fl. 33 

Alcoholis q. s. ad fl. §5 

Mix. Dose: 20-40 minims. 



Pulv. Bismuthi Cretae et Opii. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

]J Bismuth, sub-nitr gr. 30 

Cretae praecipit gr. 30 

Pulv. opii gr. 1 

Mix. Divide into ten powders. For children in 
diarrhoea. Dr. J. Lewis Smith. 

Cole's Laxative Pills. 

5 Extr. colocy nth. co gr. 30 

Hydrarg. chlor. mit. gr. 10 

Resin, podophylli gr. 1 

Mix. Divide into ten pills. 



48 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Pillulse Aperientes. 

^ Ext. aloes gr. 20 

Pulv. rhei . . . , , gr. 10 

Ext. nucis vom gr. 5 

Ext. taraxaci gr. 30 

Mix. Divide into twenty pills. Dr. Lusk. 



Pillulae Aloes et Fellis. 

ggtn St. Reception Hospital, N. Y. 

5 Extr. aloes gr. 30 

Fellis bovis purif . . . . gr. 20 

Resin, podophylli .gr. 2-J- 

Mix. Divide into ten pills. Dose: One pill at 
night in chronic constipation; one pill night and 
morning in acute constipation. 



Laxative Pills. 

ggth St. Reception Hospital, N. Y. 

5 Pulv. rhei 

Pulv. aloes aa gr. 15 

Extr. bellad 

Extr. nucis vom 

Resin, podophylli aa gr. 3 

Olei caryophylli gtt. 5 

Mix. Divide into twelve pills. Dose: One pill 
mornings and evenings. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 49 

Squibb's Laxative Pills. 

$ Resinae podophylli gr. 36 

Extr. bellad. alcoh gr. 18 

\or> Extr. hyoscyam. ale gr. 144] 

Pulv. capsici gr. 144 

Pulv. sacch. lactis gr. 144 

Pulv. acaciae gr. 36 

Glycerinae m. 40 

Sy rupi q. s. 

Mix. Divide into 144 pills. Dry them by exposure 
to the ordinary temperature, until just hard enough 
to retain their form. Then put them into a well-stop- 
pered bottle. 



"Vegetable Cathartic Pills." 

IJ Extr. colocynth. co gr. 36 

Resin, podophylli gr. 9 

Resin, leptandrae gr. 3 

Pulv. jalapae gr. 6 

Pulv. aloes soc gr. 12 

Extr. hyoscyam gr. 6 

Olei menthae pip gtt. 5 

Mix. Divide into twenty-four pills 



Liquid Pepsin. 

\ Pepsini gr. 64 

Aquae fl. § 2% 

Acidi hydrochlorici fl. -J 

Glycerinae fl. | i£ 

Mix and filter. 



SO FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Pulv. Bismuthi et Doveri. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

§. Bismuthi sub-nitr gr. 4 

Pulv. ipecac co •. gr. 1 

Mix. One dose for children, in diarrhoea. 



Pulvis Bismuthi Co. 

Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital. 

5- Bismuthi sub-nitr 

Sodii bicarb , 

Pulv. sacchari 

Pulv. acaciae 

Pulv. zingiber 

Mix. Dose: a tablespoonful, for adults, in dyspep- 
sia. Dr. Wheelock. 



> aa p. e. 



Pulv. Bismuthi et Pepsini. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

$ Bismuthi sub-nitr , 

Pepsini , aa gr. 3 

Mix. One dose, for children Dr. Swezey. 

Pulvis Glycerrhizae Co. 

$ Pulv. sennae part 2 

Pulv. glycyrrh*. rad " 2 

Pulv. foeniculi " 1 

Sulphuris loti " 1 

Pulv. sacchari " 6 

Mix. Dose : 30 to 60 grains; an excellent and 
pleasant laxative. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 5 1 

Pulv. Bismuthi et Pepsini. 
Infants' Hospital, Randall's Island, JV. Y. 

5 Bismuthi sub-carb 

Pepsini aa gr. 2 

Mix. One dose for children. 



Diarrhoea Powder. 
Infants Hospital, Randall's Island, N. Y. 

IJ Bismuthi sub-carb , gr. 2 

Acid tannici gr. 1 

Pulv. ipecac co gr. \ 

Mix. One dose, for children, in diarrhoea. 

• 
The following formula I have sometimes used to 
fulfil the two-fold indication of relieving nausea and 
restraining the bowels in the acute stages of gastro- 
enteritis. 

§, Bismuth, ammon. cit 3 ss. 

Acid carbolic gtt. ij. 

Liqr. atropiae gtt. ij. 

Tr. menthae gtt. viij. 

Tr. opii. deoderat gtt. x. 

Syrup, acaciae 3 ij . 

Mix. Sig. — A teaspoonful every two or three hours. 
When the more violent symptoms have abated I fre- 
quently prescribe the following to advantage : 

5 Bismuth sub. nitrat 3 i. 

Lactopeptine 3 ss. 

Pulv. cretae co. c. opii 3ss. 

M. Ft. chart No. x. Sig. — One three or four times 
daily. 



52 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

When the evacuations are frequent, small, slimy or 
bloody, in other words, dysenteric, I find occasional 
use of a castor oil mixture to very great advantage, 
thus : 

IJ Ol. ricini 3 i. 

Tr. opii. deoderat gtt. vi. 

Syrup, acaciae § i. 

Tr. menthae gtt. ij. 

Mix. Sig. — A teaspoonful every two hours till the 
stools assume a healthier character, after which the 
bismuth and lactopeptin powders may be resumed, 
with or without the comp. chalk and opium, as the 
condition of the bowels may indicate. 

A. JV. Talley, M.D. y Columbia, S. C. 



For Debility and Want of Appetite. 

IJ, Quiniae sulph gr. viij. 

Acid nit. dil 3 ss. 

Tinct. aurantii § ss. 

Syrupi aurantii § j. 

Aquae ad. § viij. 

Dose : two tablespoonfuls three times a day. 

Farquharson. 

Diarrhoeal Mixture. 

IJ Tinct. catechu 3 vj. 

Pulver. cret. aromat 3 ij. 

Tinct. opii 3 jj. 

Mucilaginis § j. 

Aquae cinnamonis ad. § vj. 

Take a tablespoonful after each liquid dejection. 

Farquharson. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 53 

Good Purgative Formula. 

1$ Hydrarg. subchlor gr. xij. 

Mannae gr. vj. 

Pulv. tragacanthae comp gr. vj. 

M. Divide into six pills and take two as required. 

Farquharson. 

Chronic Gastric Catarrh. 

§, Argenti nitrat gr. xv. 

Aq. destillat q. s. ad. solv 

Ext. belladon gr. x. 

Ol. carophylli gtt. x. 

Rad. gent, pulv 

Ext. gentianae aa q. s. ut pill No. 60 

Sig. — One three times a day. Bartholow. 



Chronic Diarrhoea and Dysentery. 

§, Cupri sulphat gr. j. 

Morphiae sulphat gr. j. 

Quiniae sulphat gr. xxiv. 

M. ft. pil. No. xij. 

Sig. — One pill three times a day. Bartholow. 

Dr. Bartholow says of the above prescription: " Of 
all the metallic astringents employed for this purpose, 
I know of none better or more effective than sulphate 
of copper. It is specially indicated where there are 
colic-pains, tenesmus, and the stools contain mucus 
streaked with blood." 



54 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Gastric Ulcer. 

§. Bismuthi subnitrat 3 ij. 

Morphiae sulphat gr. j. 

M. ft. pulv. No. vj. 
; Sig. — One three times a day in milk. 

Bartholow. 

OR 

Tfy Bismuthi subnitrat 3 ij. 

Acid, hydrocyanici dil 3 ij. 

Mucilag. acaciae 

Aquae menth. piperit aa § ij. 

M. Sig. — Tablespoonful three times a day. 

Bartholow. 
These formulae will relieve the pain and vomiting 
of gastric ulcer, which is often so persistent. 



Laxative. 

g, Magnes. sulph § ij. 

Ferri sulph gr. xxiv. 

Acid, sulphur, dil 3 ij. 

Infus. quassiae § viij. 

Ft. mistura. Take a tablespoonful when going to 
bed. Farquharson. 



A Good Dinner Pill. 

]J Ferri sulph 

Ext. nucis vomicae aa gr. ss. 

Ext. aloes barb. gr. iij. 

Ft. pil. To be taken before dinner. 

Farquharson. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 55 

In Gastric Irritability. 

5 Bismuthi trisnitrat gr. x. 

Pot, bicarb gr. v. 

Mist, acaciae 3 j. 

Inf. columbae 5 j. 

M. Sig. — Three times a day before food. 

Fothergill. 
In tuberculosis, in illy-nourished patients where 
gastric irritability interferes with assimilation and di- 
gestion, the above mixture will quiet irritability and 
thus promote assimilation and improve nutrition. 



For Flatulent Dyspepsia. 

IJ, Sodii bicarb 

Sacchari aa 3 ij. 

Spiritus ammon. aromat m. xl. 

Aquae menth. piperit ad. 3 viij. 

The above formula is known as soda mint, and is 
a very pleasant antacid combination. 
Dose. — A tablespoonful after meals. 

Farquharson. 
It admits of the addition of tinct. nux vomica or 
syrup of rhubarb. 



Flatulent Colic. 

IJ Tinct. nucis vomicae 3 j. 

Acidi nitro muriatici dil 3 ij. 

Spiritus chloroformi 3 j. 

Infus. gentianae ad. 3 vj. 

Dose. — Tablespoonful three times daily after meals. 

Farquharson. 



56 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Atonic Dyspepsia. 

5 Inf. columbae § iv. 

Liq. potassae 3 ss. 

M. Sig. — A dessert to a tablespoonful three times a 
day before meals. Bartholow. 

Anthelmintic. 

$ Olei terebinthinae § ss. 

Olei ricini § j. 

Take in one dose. Farquharson. 

The above prescription is very effective against 
round worms and also taeniae. 



For Irritative Dyspepsia. 

g, Acidi hydrocyanici dil m. xxv. 

Bismuth subnitratis 3 ss. 

Syr. aurantii § j. 

Gentian, infusi ad. § viij. 

Sig. — A teaspoonful three times a day before meals. 

Dr. Farquharson. 

In Flatulence. 

5 Acidi carbolici gr. j. 

Pulv. rhei gr. iij. 

Fiat pilula. (One every morning after breakfast.) 

Dr. Habershon. 

In Sarcina Ventriculi. 

5 Sodae sulphitis gr. xxx — xl. 

Inf. quassiae | iss. 

Fiat haustus. To be taken three times a day. 

Sir W.Jenner. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 57 

In Constipation. 

IJ, Sulphur, sublim 3 ij. 

Potass, acid tart § ss. 

Syr. limonis 

Saccha. alb aa § iij. 

Fiat electuarium. A teaspoonful two or three times 
a day. Niemeyer. 



In Nephritis (second stage). 

g, Tinct. ferri perchlor 3 ij. 

Sp. aetheris nit 3 iv. 

Inf. quass. ad § vj. 

Misce. A tablespoonful three times a day. 

Dr. Grainger Stewart. 

In Acute Nephritis. 

§, Inf. digitalis § iss. 

Sp. ether nit 3 vj. 

Syr. simplicis | ss. 

Aquae, ad § vj. 

Misce. A tablespoonful three times a day. 

Dr. Grainger Stewart 



A Strong Purge. 

IJ, Ol. crotonis T\[ iij. 

Pulv. acaciae , gr. iij. 

Tere simul, et adde. 

Syr. simp § ss. 

Inf. anthemidis § iij. 

M. In one or two doses. Trousseau and JRevciL 



58 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Chronic Diarrhoea and Dysentery. 

1J Cupri sulphat gr. ss. 

Opii pulv gr. ss. 

Conf. rosae, q. s. ut fiat pil 

Take three a day. Dr. Joy. 

In Colic. 

§, Ol. crotonis TTl iij. 

Ol. ricini | ij. 

One tablespoonful every two hours, with opium gr. 
\ to i three times daily. Niemeyer. 

In Chronic Gastric Ulcer. 

5 Creasoti TTl iv. 

Aquae | vj. 

Misce. In tablespoonful doses. Niemeyer. 

In Acute Gastric Catarrh. 

^ Tannin 3 ss. 

Aquae destil § iij. 

Misce. A teaspoonful every two hours where great 
purging but no vomiting. Niemeyer. 

In Chronic Diarrhoea and Dysentery. 

IJ Cupri sulphat gr. vj. 

Myrrhae , gr. xij, 

Conf. rosae 3 ij. 

Fiat pil. xij. Sumat unam sextis horis. 

Dr. Neligan. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 59 

In Dysentery. 

^ Catechu pulv 3 ij. 

Pulv. acaciae § ss. 

Aquae 3 vj. 

Misce. A tablespoonful every two hours. 

Niemeyer. 



In Acute Nephritis. 

5 Tinct. scillae 3 ij. 

Tinct. digitalis 3 iij. 

Tinct. ferri perchlor 3 ij. 

Decoct, scoparii ad 3 vj. 

Misce. A tablespoonful three times a day. 

Dr. Grainger Stewart. 



In Chronic Gastric Catarrh. 

§, Bismuthi submit gr. x. 

Argent, nit gr. i — ij. 

Misce. To be given at once on an empty stomach 
before breakfast. Nie?neyer. 



6o FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 



III. 

DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. 



Neuralgia. 

IJ, Aconitiae gr. iv. 

Veratriae gr. xv. 

Glycerinae 3 ij. 

Cerati 3 vj. 

M. Sig. — To be rubbed over the parts; care should 
be taken to see that there is no abrasion of the skin. 

Dr. Da Costa. 

Among the many local applications in neuralgia, 
Prof. Da Costa has found this one the best adapted 
for general use. 



Idiopathic Epilepsy. 

5 Potassii iodidi 

Potassii bromidi aa 3 j. 

Ammon. bromidi 3 ss. 

Potassii bicarbonat. « 3 ij. 

Inf us. coiumbae 1 vj. 

Sig. — A teaspoonful before each of the three meals 
and three tablespoonfuls at bed-time, with a little 
water. Brown- Sequard, M.D. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 6l 

When the patient's pulse is weak, substitute for the 
bicarbonate of potassium, in the above formula, the 
carbonate of ammonium, and for the six ounces of co- 
lumbo an ounce and a half of the tincture of that 
medicine with four ounces and a half of distilled 
water. 

Chorea. 

§■ Zinci bromidi 3 j. 

Syr. simplicis f j. 

Sig. — Ten drops three times a day; increased as 
rapidly as the stomach can bear it. 

Dr. William A. Hammond. 
With the disappearance of the chronic symptoms 
the dose should be gradually diminished. 



Neuralgia. 

§, Zinci valerianat 3 j. 

Ext. gentianae 3 j. 

Ext. nucis vomicae gr. v. 

M. Ft. pill. No. xx. 

Sig. — One pill three or four times a day. 

Dr. Bartholow. 

In neuralgia due to reflex irritation from the female 
pelvic organs, this preparation of zinc is extremely 
beneficial. 



As a Hypnotic. 

]J Chloral hydratis gr. xv. 

Tinct. opii m. x. 

Mist, camph § j. 

M. Sig. — Every six hours. FothergilL 



62 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

This is an admirable mixture to procure sleep for 
fever patients, without having it followed by the dis- 
agreeable effects so usual when opium is used in 
large doses to accomplish this purpose. 



In Epilepsy in Weak and Anaemic Subjects. 

IJ. Potass, bromidi 3 j. 

Ferri bromidi gr. iv. 

Aquae. . . . § ij. 

Syr. simplicis § vj. 

M. Sig. — A tablespoonful twice a day. 

Bartholow. 
These cases are often dependent on cerebral anaemia 
alone, and are cured easily by using the above for- 
mula. 



For Sub- Acute Mania and the Monomania of Suspicion. 

^ Hyoscyamiae gr. j. 

Sp. aetheris , m. viij. 

Alcohol m. xxiv. 

Aquae fontis ad. 3 j. 

M. Take at a draught. Lawson. 

Dr. Robert Lawson, late of the West Riding Asy- 
lum, has recently made a large number-of physiologi- 
cal and therapeutical observations on the actions and 
uses of the alkaloid of hyoscyamus. He has derived 
great benefit from the use of the above formula in re- 
current, acute, and, sub-acute mania and the mono- 
mania of suspicion. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 63 

Cerebral Congestion. 

3 Sodii bromidi 3 j. 

Ergotae extract, fl 5 iv. 

M. Sig. — A tablespoonful three times a day. 

Dr. G. H. Naphey. 
This formula is held by Dr. Naphey to be of great 
value in active cerebral congestion of all kinds, espe- 
cially in the first or hyperaemic stage. 



Reflex Headache. 

5 Potass, cyanid gr. x. — 3 j. 

Aquae lauro-cerasi 3 iv. 

Sig. — A compress moistened with the solution, to be 
applied to the seat of the pain. 

Dr. Trosseau. 
In reflex headache, whether gastric, cardiac, pulmo- 
nary, or menstrual, and the headache accompanying 
the pyretic state, from a quarter to a half hour contact 
with the skin of this solution usually effects a cure. 



Anti-Epileptic Mixture. 

5 Sodii bromidi 

Potass, bromidi 

Ammon. bromidi aa 3 3 

Potass, iodidi 

Ammon. iodidi aa 3 i\ 

Ammonii carbon 3 1 

Tinct. calumbae fl. 3 ii 

Aquae q. s. ad t . . . . fl. 38 

Mix. Full dose : one and a half-drachms before 
each meal, and three drachms at bedtime. 

Dr. Brown-Se'quard. 



64 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Hammond's Mixture. 

IJ, Quiniae sulph 

Ferri pyrophos aa 3 1 

Strychniae gr. 1 

Acidi phos. dil. (tribas.) fl. 32 

Syrupi zingiberis fl. § 2 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. § 4 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



Anti-Epileptic Pill 
Ninety -ninth Street Reception Hospital, New York. 

5 Argenti nitrat gr. 10 

Zinci oxidi gr. 20 

Micae panis q. s. 

Mix. Divide into twenty pills. Dose : one pill 
thrice daily. 

Nervine Tonic. 

5 Zinci valerianatis gr. xxiv. 

Confectionis rosae q. s. 

Ft. mass in pil. duodecim divid. Take as required. 

Farquharson. 

Delirium Mixture. 

IJ Potass, bromid 34 

Tinct. valerian, amm fl. § 1 

Tinct. lupuline 

Tinct. digitalis aa fl. § \ 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. f 4 

Mix. Dose : a tablespoonful. To be used with 
care and effects to be watched. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 6$ 

Chorea. 

5 Zinci Valeriana t 3 ij. 

Cinchoniae sulphat 3 j. 

M. Ft. pil. No. xx. Sig. — One pill thrice daily. 

Dr. Da Costa. 



Cannabis Mixture. 

Insane Asylum, BlackwelVs Island, N. Y. 

IJ, Tinct. cannabis ind m. io 

Spiritus menthae pip m. i 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. 3 i 

Mix. One dose. To be taken thrice daily after 

meals. 



Tincture of Phosphorus. 

Bellevue Hospital, New York. 

5 Phosphori gr. 32 

Alcoholis absol fl. § 46 

Tinct. vanillae fl. § 1 

Ol. aurantii cort fl. 3 3 

Alcoholis absol. q. s. ad fl. | 48 

The phosphorus is digested with the absolute alco- 
hol, with the exclusion of air, until dissolved ; then 
the flavoring ingredients are added, and finally the 
bulk is made up with absolute alcohol to 48 fl.oz. 
12 fl. drachms contain 1 grain of phosphorus. 
30 minims contain -fa grain of phosphorus. 
Dose : 20-40 minims, corresponding to -^q-^ gr. of 
phosphorus. 



66 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Epileptic Belladonna Mixture. 

Insane Asylum, BlackwelVs Island, New York. 

5 Potass, bromidi gr. 25 

Tinct. belladonnae m. 5 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. 3 1 

Mix. One dose. To be taken thrice daily. 



Phosphorus Mixture. 

^ Phosphori gr. 1 

Alcoholis absoluti fl. 3 5 

Glycerinae fl. | i-J- 

Alcoholis fl. 3 2 

Spts. menthae pip fl. 3 1 

Dissolve the phosphorus in the absolute alcohol by 
the aid of a gentle heat; then add to it the glycerine, 
alcohol and spirits of peppermint, previously mixed 
and slightly warmed. 

One fl.oz. contains -fa gr. of phosphorus. 

Dr. J. Ashburton Thompson. 



Compound Syrup of the Hypophosphites. 

§, Calcii hypophosphitis gr. 256 

Sodii hypophosphitis gr. 192 

Potassii hypophosphitis gr. 128 

Ferri sulphatis gr. 185 

Acid hypophosphorosi (1.036) fl. 3 9 

Sacchari f 1 2 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. | 18 

Mix. Dose : a teaspoonful. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 67 

Sedative Mixture. 
Insane Asylum, BlackwelV s Island, New York, 

^L Chloralis gr. 15 

Extr. conii sem. fl 

Extr. hyoscyami fl aa m. 15 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. 3 1 

Mix. One dose. To be taken thrice daily, after 
meals. 

Epileptic (Conium) Mixture. 
Insane Asylum, BlackwelV s Island, N, Y. 

5- Potass, bromidi 3 £ 

Ext. conii fl m. 15 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. 3 1 

Mix. One dose ; to be taken thrice daily. 

Gross's Neuralgic Pills. 

g, Quiniae sulphat 32 

Morphiae sulphat gr. 3 

Strychniae gr. 2 

Acidi arseniosi gr. 3 

Extr. aconiti gr. 30 

Mix. Divide into 60 pills. 

In Neuralgia. 

5 Tinct. cannabis indicae 3 j. 

Mucilag. acaciae f j. 

Syr. zingiberis f ss. 

Aquae menth. piperitae ad. f*vj. 

Ft. mistura et 

Sig. — Two^tablespoonfuls every four hours. 

Farquharson. 



68 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Brown-Sequard's Neuralgic Pills. 

# Extract hyoscyami 

Extract conii „ ., aa gr. 40 

Extract ignat. amar 

Extract opii aa gr. 30 

Extract aconiti « ^ . . . gr. 20 

Extract cannab. ind gr. 15 

Extract stramonii gr. 12 

# Extract belladonnae gr. 10 

Mix. Divide into 60 pills. 

Narcotic. 

5 Ext. belladonnae gr. iij. 

Camphorae gr. xij. 

Ext. hyoscyami gr. xv. 

M. Make six pills, of which take one when going 
to bed. Farquharson. 

Hypnotic. 

5 Potass, bromid gr. xxx. 

Syrupi aurantii 3 j. 

Aquae aurantii flor § ij. 

To be taken at a draught at the time sleep is de- 
sired. Farquharson. 

Epileptic (Ergot) Mixture. 
Insane Asylum, BlackwelVs Island, N. Y. 

5 Potass, bromidi 

Ammon. bromidi aa 3 i 

Ext. ergotae fl m. 15 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 69 

Mix. One dose : to be taken thrice daily, in cases 
characterized by considerable maniacal excitement 
following the attack, indication of cerebral conges- 
tion, and especially where hemorrhage is feared. 

Dr. Chas. R. Smith. 



To Allay Craving for Drink in Dipsomaniacs. 

i Tinct. capsici m. x. 

Tinct. nucis vomicae m. x. 

Acid. nit. dil m. xx. 

Aquae ad. § j. 

To be taken at a draught three times a day. 

Farquharson. 



Tonic in Neuralgia. 

5, Ammon. chlorid 3 ii. 

Ext. glycyrrhizae 1 ss. 

Syr. tolut I). 

Aq. cinnamoni ad. § viij. 

Sig. — I j. every four hours. Dr. Farquharson. 



Epilepsy. 

The following prescription is a useful one for 
child about fourteen or fifteen years: 

§, Pot. bromid § ss. 

Ferri bromid gr. ij. 

Glycerini § iv. 

Aquae ad. § viij. 

Mix. A tablespoonful twice a day. E. Ellis. 



yo FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Hysteria. 

]$ Auro-sodii chloridi gr. v. 

Pulv. tragacanth . . , ■., , 3 j. 

Sacchar. alb q. s. 

Misce, fiat pil. xl. 

One pill an hour after dinner and supper. After, 
two pills following these meals, and gradually in- 
crease to eight pills daily. Niemeyer. 



In Insomnia. 

5 Potass, bromid 3 vj. 

Aquae destil f v. 

Misce. Three teaspoonf uls before dinner, and four 
at bedtime, with a little wine and water. 

Dr. Brown-Sequard 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 7 1 



HEADACHE. 



Treatment. — (i) Of Sick- headache. — Looking to the 
true cause of sick-headache as one which lies deep in 
the patient's idiosyncrasy, and as an affection which 
is developed by a hundred different sources of excite- 
ment, the advice to sufferers is to give as much tone 
as they can to their nerves by adopting all those 
methods which experience has shown to be good, and 
then avoid, as far as is practicable, all those causes 
which are known to excite an attack. Purgation has 
no good result. The only remedies which are of any 
avail are those which act on the nervous system, such 
as hot tea and coffee; or, after the stomach is quieter, 
and the more urgent symptoms have passed off, a 
little wine or ammonia. If the headache take more 
the form of hemicrania, then other remedies are oc- 
casionally useful, as the local application of the bi- 
sulphide of carbon, or galvanism, and internally the 
bromide of potassium. This is the only drug which 
Dr. Wilks has really seen to be serviceable. Whilst 
the nausea exists and the worst symptoms prevail, 
even this remedy is of no avail. As regards tea and 
coffee, which often relieve, it is possible that these and 
other stimulants, taken in excess, render the nervous 
system more susceptible to the attacks. 

In the treatment of the paroxysm nothing is so ef- 



72 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

ficacious as complete rest in the recumbent posture, 
with warmth, in a perfectly quiet and darkened room. 
A cup of very strong tea or coffee has also given re- 
lief. A comparatively new drug — guarana — has also 
been recommended. A full dose of brandy, or of am- 
monia, has also sometimes dispelled the headache; so 
has continued sipping of a solution of carbonate of pot- 
ash or of soda. Pressure upon the carotid artery of the 
affected side sometimes also relieves the pain, but for 
a time only. Evaporating lotions, belladonna, or 
aconite ointment may also ward off or subdue the 
headache; but, as a rule, time is the most efficient 
element, with warmth to the feet and to. the body, and 
the induction of sleep. 

Adopting the theory of Dr. Latham, what are the 
indications for treatment with which it supplies us — 
(a.) During the stage of disturbed sensation; (£.) dur- 
ing the stage of headache; and (c.) during the inter- 
vals between the attacks ? The following are the re- 
sults of his experience: 

(a.) During the Stage of Disturbed Sensation. — It is 
found that the longer this stage lasts, the greater will 
be the headache; and therefore it is desirable to short- 
en it as much as possible. If the condition depend 
upon deficient supply of blood to a part, such means 
must be adopted as shall assist and increase the flow 
of blood to the part; and this can be done in some 
measure by posture and stimulants. Directly the 
glimmering appears, the patient should lie down with 
the head as low as possible, and if the glimmering be 
on the right or left of the field of vision, he should 
lie on the opposite side. Let him take at once one 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 73 

ounce of brandy, either " neat" or in half a bottle of 
soda-water. Champagne would be preferable, being 
more diffusible; but its administration would often in- 
volve a little delay. If alcoholic stimulants be objected 
to, or if it be not advisable to recommend them, then 
a teaspoonful of sal-volatile in water may be pre- 
scribed instead. If the patient be chilly or his feet 
cold, the couch should be drawn before the fire, a hot 
bottle applied to the feet, and his body covered over 
with a warm blanket or eider-down quilt. By these 
means the heart is enabled to drive the blood with 
greater force to the brain, and the duration of the vi- 
bratory movement is thereby materially lessened. 
After it has passed off, the patient should lie still for 
a time, so that the glimmering may not return. This 
injunction will only be necessary when the headache 
is slight; if it be severe, attended with much nausea 
or vomiting, the patient will be little disposed or able 
to leave the recumbent position. If, instead of the 
disturbance of vision preceding the headache, there 
be a feeling depression or irritability (fidgets), the 
administration of such cerebro-spinal stimulants as 
henbane, valerian, assafoetida, spirits of chloroform, 
or ether, will often cut short the attack; ten or fifteen 
drops of the tincture of henbane, with the same quan- 
tity of spirit of chloroform, will soothe the nervous ir- 
ritability in the slighter forms, and may be repeated 
in three or four hours, if necessary. If there be great 
mental depression, then valerian or assafoetida should 
be tried. Stille says, — " Nothing is more astonishing in 
the operation of remedies than the promptness and 
certainty with which a dose of valerian or assafoetida 



74 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

dispels the gloomy visions of the hypochondriac, 
calms the hurry and agitation of nervous excitement, 
allays commencing spasms, and diffuses a soothing 
calm over the whole being of one who but an hour 
before was a prey to <a thousand morbid sensations 
and thick-coming fancies of danger, wrong, or loss." 
Dr, Latham gives the preference to valerian, and pre- 
scribes from half a drachm to a drachm of the ammo. 
niated tincture. Or it may be combined, as in the 
following formula, with bromide of soda; ammoniated 
tincture of valerian § iv. with 3 vi. bromide of so- 
dium, in teaspoonful doses every hour. The assafoet- 
ida may be given in the form of the spiritus ammo- 
niae foetidus of the Pharmacopoeia, also in half drachm 
or drachm doses. As a rule, alcoholic stimulants are 
not advisable in this stage of the headache. A small 
quantity will cause flushing, heaviness, slight confu- 
sion of thought, etc., without relieving the depression; 
and though the severe headache may be averted, alco- 
holic stimulants do not answer so well as the remedies 
previously mentioned. 

(A) During the Stage of Headache. — If the headache 
be slight and the patient soon able to sit up, there is 
little to be done; a cup of coffee or tea, cheerful con- 
versation, a walk, drive, or ride, may often help to re- 
move the pain. If, however, the headache, and nausea 
be severe, then the administration of further remedies 
is called for. The patient should keep perfectly still 
and quiet, with the room darkened; for every sound 
or sight causes pain, and the slightest movement is 
sufficient to produce gastric uneasiness. Sometimes 
free evacuation of the contents of the stomach, espe- 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 75 

cially if it contain undigested food, is followed by re- 
lief. Dr. Fothergill says, — " An emetic and some 
warm water soon wash off the offending matter, and 
remove these disorders," which may be very well 
where there is any offending matter to wash off, but it 
is not very often that this is the case; the nausea fre- 
quently continues long after the contents of the stom- 
ach have been discharged; an inverted action of the 
duodenum is set up; the bile appears in the fluids ex- 
creted;- the patient believes that all his troubles are 
due to "its overflow;" " it's all liver," he says, and it 
is sometimes difficult to persuade him to the contrary. 
Generally, then, you should try to relieve and check 
the vomiting. Iced soda-water, with or without two 
or three drops of dilute hydrocyanic acid, or spirit 
of chloroform; cold tea; the effervescing citrate of 
potash, with hydrocyanic acid, may often afford 
marked reHef. The headache may be lessened by ap- 
plying cloths dipped in cold water, or evaporating lo- 
tions, to the head; if the extremities be cold and the 
headache severe, a warm stimulating foot-bath can be 
tried so soon as the nausea will allow the patient to 
sit up. If the attacks occur in the early part of the 
day, as soon as the pain has subsided it is generally 
better for the patient to sit up, or move about, or take 
exercise in the open air. During the attack the appe- 
tite is diminished, the idea even of food provoking- 
disgust. Still, after the nausea has passed away and 
the headache has continued a few hours, a plate of 
hot soup or some easily digested food will often have 
a good effect in equalizing the cerebral circulation. A 
remedy which may very often be given with advan- 



j6 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

tage if the headache be severe, is bromide of potas- 
sium, in doses of five, ten, or fifteen grains, to which 
thirty or forty minims of sal-volatile may, in some 
cases, be added with advantage; and if the nausea 
still continue, these may be given in combination with 
the effervescing citrate of potash. A saline purgative 
at the commencement of an attack is sometimes an 
effectual remedy; but, as a rule, the use of purgatives 
is objectionable. So far, these measures are only 
palliative. 

(c.) During the Intervals between the Attacks. — First 
of all, the exciting cause is to be discovered and re- 
moved. Hours of study or work must be abridged; 
excessive bodily fatigue, loss of rest, everything, in 
fact, must be avoided which the sufferers know from 
individual experience will act as exciting causes. 
Where the attacks are associated with excessive men- 
tal work, they should be regarded as danger- signals, 
showing necessity for relaxation. The tone of the 
bodily and nervous systems must be improved by 
proper medicinal and hygienic means; and the chief 
remedies are steel, strychnine, phosphorus, and cod- 
liver oil. The success, however, following these reme- 
dies depends a great deal upon the way in which they 
are administered. For a day or two after the attack 
the stomach and bowels may possibly be disordered, 
and not in a fit state to tolerate such remedies. This 
must first be corrected. The simple vegetable bitters, 
such as gentian, with small doses of henbane and 
some aromatic, may be of service; and, if necessary, 
one or two grains of blue pill, with four or five of com- 
pound rhubarb pill, may be given at night. We may 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. J? 

then try steel. In anaemic cases it may be advisable 
to stimulate the action of the heart, as by the follow- 
ing: 

$. Ammoniae muriatis, § ss., Tinct. acteae racemo- 
sae, aquae, a a § iii. Two fluid drachms for a dose 
after meals in a wineglass of water. 

If there be despondency with depression of spirits, 
phosphorus to the extent of jfa to -fa of a grain, com- 
bined with nux vomica or carbonate of iron, or both 
taken with each meal, will improve the tone of the 
patient. If the attacks have been frequent, or if there 
be any scrofulous tendency, the iodide of iron may be 
given in the following form : 

^. Ferri et ammon. citrat., gr. v.; potassii iodidi, 
gr. ij.; aquae, % j.; and, according to circumstances, fif- 
teen to twenty minims of tincture of henbane or 
twenty or thirty minims of aromatic spirit of ammonia 
may be added. 

If the stomach be at all irritable, this medicine may 
be given in the effervescing form, adding to each 
dose twenty grains of bicarbonate of potash, and di- 
recting it to be taken with a tablespoonful of lemon- 
juice, or a corresponding amount of citric acid: the 
dose to be taken twice a day, about eleven and four. 
The effervescing form may soon be left off, and 
then to each dose may be added five minims of liquor 
of strychniae (omitting the henbane and sal-volatile, 
and continuing the iodide of potassium according as 
it seems to be indicated or not). In other cases, the 
citrate of iron and ammonia with strychnine may be 
given at the beginning, sometimes combined with in- 
fusion of calumba. The iron is indicated by the 



78 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

greater or less anaemia of the patient; but the strych- 
nine is a very important remedial agent in the dis- 
order. In small doses it acts as a simple tonic, in- 
creasing the appetite and improving the digestion ; it 
dilates the vessels and, thus increasing the supply of 
blood, it augments the activity of the spinal cord 
(Harley). It promotes the capillary circulation, and 
therefore its use is advisable for persons troubled with 
cold hands and feet (Anstie); and if it fulfil these con- 
ditions, it is clearly indicated in this disorder. Cod- 
liver oil also often acts very beneficially. .." It has 
been found by experiment that great exertion and 
prolonged labor can be endured without fatigue when 
starchy and fatty foods are alone eaten; .... and 
there is reason to think that cod-liver oil is more 
easily absorbed than other similar substances" 
(Ringer). " It improves the digestive process, in- 
creases the proportion of red corpuscles in the blood, 
and invigorates the whole nutritive function" (Wood); 
and it particularly sustains the energy of the brain 
during prolonged mental exertion. A gentleman in 
the foremost rank at the bar told Dr. Latham that 
whenever he was engaged in a jury-trial which was 
likely to tax his energies to a greater degree than 
usual, the thing which best sustained him was a good 
dose of cod-liver oil taken in the morning before 
going into court ; and others engaged in mental work 
have confirmed this view. Besides its other proper- 
ties cod-liver oil is a nutrient and tonic in its action 
on the cerebro-spinal nervous system. As a remedy 
for these nervous headaches, Dr. Latham prescribes it 
once a day, beginning with a small teaspoonful imme- 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 79 

diately after breakfast, and gradually increasing the 
quantity to a tablespoonful, but not beyond, unless in 
exceptional cases. 

The action of the bowels must be regulated, but not 
by strong purgatives. Five grains of the Socotrine 
aloes pill, given at night, are generally sufficient. If 
the bowels be habitually constipated, then no remedy 
seems to answer so well as the aloes and iron pill. 
Five grains given twice a day, half an hour before 
meals, will act freely; and in a few days the dose will 
have to be diminished, for its effeet is augmented in- 
stead of being lessened by continual administration, 
especially when strychnine is given at the same time. 
The natural waters of Friedrichshall or Marienbad 
may, in many instances, be of service, given as laxa- 
tives. 

In 1872 Dr. Samuel Wilks, Physician to Guy's Hos- 
pital, directed the attention of the profession to gua- 
rana as a remedy for sick-headache, and at the same 
time asked for the experience of those who already 
had some acquaintance with the drug. His own 
knowledge of it dated about 1870, when, after the ap- 
pearance of a lecture of his upon sick-headache, he 
received a letter from Mr. Helmcken, of British Co- 
lumbia, in closing two powders, which he recommended 
with much confidence as able to cure the complaint. 
" Upon my first headache after the receipt of Mr. 
Helmcken's letter, I took the powder, but with only 
doubtful effect. I therefore did no more than casu- 
ally mention the medicine to my friends, but did not 
recommend it. A few weeks ago, after the appear- 
ance of a second communication of mine in the jour- 



80 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS.. 

nal upon the same complaint, I received a letter from 
Dr. Wood, of Montreal, in which he also recommended 
guarana as a remedy for headache, and gave a history 
of his own personal sufferings and the relief which he 
obtained. He says, ' By taking one of these powders 
and remaining quiet when I have felt premonitory 
symptoms by a beginning of pain always in the right 
temple (headache on the other side, or in any other 
part of the head, I never mind), I have carried off the 
attack ; and, with the first box, absolutely put it off 
for two months — something which had never occurred 
in my life before.' Upon so good authority, I deter- 
mined to try the remedy in a more systematic man- 
ner, and requested my neighbor, Mr. Hooper, the 
chemist, to procure me a packet of the powders. 
These I have recommended to several patients and 
friends ; and the result is so encouraging, that I have 
hastened to suggest their trial to my professional 
brethren. One lady speaks most enthusiastically of 
their power, as she has now, on two separate occa- 
sions, had her headache arrested by their use. The 
drug has long been known, for mention is made of it 
in English and French pharmacologies, but appears 
never to have come into general use. It consists of 
the seeds of a tree growing in Brazil, called Paullinia 
sorbilis; and these, according to Johnstone, in his 
" Chemistry of Common Life," are used as we do 
cocoa. The seeds are ground ifito powder, and con- 
tain an alkaloid which is said to be identical with that 
found in tea and coffee. The medicine is manufact- 
ured by Grimault & Co., No. 7 Rue de la Feuillade, 
Paris" (Wilks, Brit. Med. Journ., April 20, 1872). 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 8 1 

The general outcome of experience regarding the 
treatment of sick-headache seems to be that — 

(i.) Bromide of potassium, Indian hemp, Guarana 
or Paullinia powder, are remedies which have afforded 
relief. With reference to bromide of potassium, it is 
so valuable a medicine in many cases of sick-headache 
that it can scarcely be superseded by a better remedy. 
The patient may have a splitting headache, fatigued 
and worried after a hard day's work. After fifteen or 
twenty grains of bromide of potassium, he presently 
goes off to sleep in his easy chair, and wakes in an 
hour well (Wilks). It is a medicine which Dr. Wilks 
always employs first, having seen such eminent advan- 
tages follow its use. " I have known (he writes) many 
patients declare, that the bromide was the first medi- 
cine they had taken in their lives which had the slight- 
est effect in relieving their headache." As to Canna- 
bis Indica, it seems best adapted to the interval 
between the attacks, in doses of a few drops of the 
tincture, when headaches are recurrent. It is best 
given in ten-minim doses, three times a day, continued 
for weeks or months (Wilks, John Murray). As to 
guarana powder, it seems most of all useful with 
females in arresting headache, so that it must be taken 
early when the headache is approaching ; and if head- 
ache is not arrested, a second dose should be taken in 
fifteen, twenty, or thirty minutes after the first. If 
the medicine is of use, the headache will have gone in 
about an hour. The dose is 15 grains of the powder ; 
and as it is somewhat astringent, it might be combined 
as an electuary with some laxative, such as the senna 
electuary (Hollis). 



82 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

(2.) Certain classes of cases ought to be distin- 
guished from each other. There are two principal 
types : the congestive, met with in dark or plethoric 
people, in those with constipated bowels and sup- 
pressed secretions, and those addicted to alcoholic 
beverages, or leading a monotonous sedentary life ; 
and that arising from exhaustion, whether from want 
of sleep or want of food, or great bodily or mental 
fatigue, strong emotions, etc., — this may be nervous, or 
asthenic, or anaemic in many cases. This latter form 
is very common in slight, delicate, and tuberculous 
females, and sometimes in the male sex. The treat- 
ment of these two forms must, of course, differ widely. 
An emetic or a purge in the one case will do what 
only rest, food, stimulants, and such medicines as qui- 
nine, iron, opium, hyoscyamus and belladonna may 
afford in the other case (Dr. Bathurst Woodman). 
Rest and quiet, especially sleep, and abstinence from 
food, give relief and cure by a natural process of 
restoration. Generally, no relief is obtained till after 
a night of sound sleep — i. e., " one night through the 
sheets" — awakening next morning free from pain, but 
generally more or less depressed. If depression con- 
tinue, phosphorus with nux vomica in the form of 
sugar-coated or pearl-coated pills may be given to the 
extent of one fiftieth of a grain of phosphorus and one 
eighth of a grain of extract of nux vomica three times 
a day with food. Such despondency and depression 
are apt to occur in those who are over-worked men- 
tally; or who are harassed by business ; or who suf- 
fer great mental anxiety. If there be sleeplessness, 
the following pill may be of use : 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 83 

5 Camphorae pulveris, gr. xx.; Ext. Cannabis In- 
dica, gr. xii.; Ext. Hyoscyam., gr. xxiv.; misce bene. 
Divide in pill xii. signa, one at night, to be repeated 
in two hours, if necessary, to procure sleep. 

As to local application, a large sinapism over the 
stomach, followed by a warm linseed meal poultice, 
has sometimes been of service. If pressure relieves, 
the head may be bound round with a handkerchief. 
When the head throbs and is hot, instinct seems to 
suggest cold and pressure to the part; and one of the 
best external appliances on which we can rely to pro- 
cure relief is the wet bandage tied tightly round the 
head. The method must be instinctive, for it is uni- 
versal, and has been used from all time. Shakespeare 
is £>ften quoted to illustrate the morbid states of the 
body as well as the passions of the mind, and he also 
testifies to this ancient practice. For example, in the 
scene between Hubert and Arthur in " King John/' 
the latter, when petitioning for the preservation of his 
eyes, says: 

"When your head did but ache 
I knit my handkerchief about your brows." 

And in Othello we have not only the remedy for 
headache given, but the cause. The former was the 
handkerchief about which the chief interest of the 
play centred. 

" Desdemona, Why do you speak so faintly ? 
Are you not well ? 

Othello, I have a pain upon my forehead here. 

Desdemona y Faith, that's with watching: 'twill away again. 
Let me but bind it hard, within this hour 
It will be well." 



84 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Sick-headache is not to be cured by gastro-hepatic 
remedies. It is a purely nervous affection, due to 
hereditary predisposition, and excited by causes in- 
numerable which act on a susceptible nervous system. 
There is, A then, no cure in the proper sense of the 
term, for this would imply a change in the patient's 
nature; and for the attacks themselves, when severe, 
the only relief which can be reckoned upon is to be 
found in a wet bandage round the head, profound 
quiet, and, if possible, sleep (Dr. Bathurst Woodman). 

Considerable relief may be obtained from the use 
of cold applications, in the form of wet rags, ice in a 
bladder, or a little of the ether-spray; but in not a 
few cases, after all, the best treatment during the at- 
tack is absolute rest and quiet, in a dark room, with 
warmth to feet and body, total abstinence, except per- 
haps from fluids (hot and alkaline) in small quanti- 
ties at a time; to- go to bed a»t once, and refrain frcwn 
the use of any remedies. 

In a lecture on the therapeutics of headache, de- 
livered at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, Dr. A. 
A. Smith suggests certain combinations of remedies 
which he has found of service in certain forms of head- 
ache: (i.) Malarial headache, where the pain is most 
frequently located in the sub-occipital or frontal re- 
gions, or on either side, — hemicrania. If distinctly 
periodical, give ten or fifteen grains of quinine two or 
three hours before the expected attack. It may be 
necessary to push the quinine in divided doses until 
cinchonism is produced, and kept up for several days. 
Then gradually diminish the dose. If the pain still 
continues to recur, resort to arsenic and belladonna, 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 85 

five-drop doses each of Fowler's solution and bella- 
donna tincture, after meals, increasing the Fowler's 
one drop each day, until oedema arsenicalis is pro- 
duced. This will seldom fail to give relief. 

(2.)" In Headache dependent on Gout: 

^ Vini colchici seminum, 3iij.; Lithii bromidi, 
^ss.; Syr. zingiberis, |ss.; Aq. cinnamonii, q. s. ad. 
3 vj.; M. Sig. § ss. in a tumbler of Vichy water every 
four hours. 

(3.) Rheumatic Headache is characterized usually 
by tenderness of the scalp, which is increased on pres- 
sure or motion. Use the mild Faradic current on the 
scalp, and internally the following: 

3 Potassii iodidi; Ammoniae muriatis, aa 3jss.; 
In'fusi humuli, § vj.; M. Sig. § ss. four times a day in 
a wineglass of water. 

In cases which have not yielded to the above treat- 
ment, bromide of ammonium in twenty-grain doses 
every two hours may be effectual. 

(4.) Uraemic headache is of great importance as a 
symptom of serious disease. The pain in the head 
may be the first evidence that there exists renal dis- 
ease, and that we have to deal with uraemic headache. 
The judicious plan of treatment in such cases is to 
call into action one or all of the three great emunc- 
tories of the body, the kidneys, the intestines, and the 
skin. To make the kidneys act, apply dry cups over 
the region of them, and give internally the follow- 
ing: 

g, Potassae acetatis, 3vj.; Infusi digitalis, ^vj.; 
M. Sig. § ss. every third hour. 

The infusion should be made from fresh English 



86 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

leaves. Give this until the kidneys act freely, if you 
can make them do it within twenty-four hours. If 
the kidneys do not act freely, and, the headache be not 
relieved within twenty-four hours, give a saline ca- 
thartic. A treatment almost domestic, and often very 
effectual, is to put an ounce of cream of tartar in a 
quart of water, and have the patient drink this in eight 
or ten hours. It acts both as a diuretic and cathartic. 
Do not use hydrogogue cathartics unless convulsions 
be threatened. Some prefer elimination by the skin. 
This can be done by diaphoretics and the hot, moist, 
or dry air baths. Diuretics, cathartics, and diaphoret- 
ics are only to be used where there is deficient quan- 
tity of urinary secretion. There are other causes of 
headache in Bright's disease which occur independent- 
ly of the presence of an abnormal amount of urea in 
the blood, and which yet are dependent on the results 
of the kidney disease. These causes may be anaemia, 
neuralgia, oedema of the brain itself, serous effusion 
into the ventricles; and, in acute Bright's disease, 
cerebral congestion. Under the last condition, if the 
headache be very severe and convulsions threaten, 
blood may be taken if the patient's condition wilt ad- 
mit of it, from twelve to twenty ounces, if necessary to 
relieve distressing symptoms. The best way to take 
it is by means of wet cups over the region of the kid- 
neys. If the headache be dependent on serous effu- 
sion into the ventricles, or on cerebral oedema, im- 
prove the vitiated condition of the blood, and stimu- 
late the heart and kidneys by acetate of potash an'd 
infusion of digitalis. There is apt to be general ana- 
sarca with this effusion and oedema. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 87 

(5.) The Headache of Acute Alcoholism, or inebrie- 
ty. The first indication is to remove the alcohol 
from the intestinal canal. For this, give of rhubarb 
and magnesia calcined each a half drachm, and then 
the following; 

]J Spiritus ammoniae aromat., 3ij.; Tincture 
camph., 3jss.; Tincture hyoscyami, 3 ijss. ; Spiritus 
lavandulae comp., q. s. ad § ij.; M. Sig. 3 j. every 
hour until the headache is relieved, and then give cap- 
sicum gr. ij. and quinine gr. iij. before each meal for 
several days. If there be sleeplessness give IJ Sodii 
bromidi, |ss.; Chloral, hydrat., 3 ijss.; Syrupi au- 
rantii cort., |ss.; Aquae, f Ujss. M. Sig. § ss. at 
night; repeat in two hours if necessary to produce 
sleep. 

(6.) Dyspeptic Headache. — If there be indigestible 
food in the stomach, and it have been there some 
time, give an emetic, as mustard and warm water, or 
sulphate of zinc, gr. xv. If there is evidence of indi- 
gestible food in the alimentary canal beyond the 
stomach, give gr. xx. of rhubarb and magnesia each, 
to remove it from the bowels. If the headache be 
frontal, and the pain be located immediately over the 
eyes, give dilute nitro-muriatic acid in ten-drop doses, 
well diluted after meals. If the pain be located about 
the roots of the hair, give an alkali before meals, as 
gr. xv. of bicarbonate of soda or magnesia. The dys- 
peptic headache oftentimes is not confined to these 
regions, but spreads over the entire head. In such 
cases combine an acid with an alkali, and add to 
these nux vomica, as in the following prescription: 

IJ. Sodae bicarbonatis, 3 ijss.; Acidi nitro-mur. di- 



88 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

luti., 3 ij.; Tinct. nucis vomicae, 3 jss.; Syr. aurant. cort, 
3vj.; Aquae, q. s. ad § vj. M. Sig. § ss. after meals 
in a wineglass of water. 

If there be gastric pain, a mild counter-irritant, as 
a mustard plaster to the epigastrium, will of ten relieve 
the pain in the head as well as the pain in the stomach. 
If flatulence be a troublesome symptom, give the fol- 
lowing: 

IJ. Bismuthi subcarbonatis, 3ijss.; Tinct. nucis 
vomicae, 3 jss.; Tinct. cardamomi comp.; Spiritus lav- 
andulae comp. aa q. s. ad 3 iv. M. Sig. 3 ij. before 
meals in a wineglass of water. 

If there be constipation, the following pill may be 
given, in the morning: 

5. Aloes pulv., 3 ss.; Ext. nucis vomicae, gr. v.; Ext. 
belladonnae, gr. iv.; M. Div. in pilul. xv. 

In some forms of headache associated with stomach 
indigestion, small doses, often repeated, of tincture of 
nux vomica may be effectual. A single drop every 
fifteen minutes and continue this two or three hours 
if necessary. In other cases, where the headache 
comes on soon after a meal, and seems to depend on 
delayed stomach digestion, large doses of pepsin are 
effectual. Give a half drachm of saccharated pepsin 
in a wineglass of sherry wine, three times a day, and 
let it be taken during meals. 

(7.) Congestive Headache. — Cerebral congestion as a 
cause of headache may be divided into two varieties, 
active and passive. These demand almost directly 
opposite plans of treatment. In the active variety the 
patient should be kept in a darkened room, perfectly 
quiet, and have cold and evaporating lotions applied 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 89 

to the head. A saline cathartic may be given; and 
the following prescription: 

§. Sodii bromidi, 3 ijss.; Fl. ext. ergot., 3 ijss. ; Syr. 
zingib., fss.; Aq. aurant. flor. q. s. ad 3 iv. M. Sig. 
I ss. every two hours. 

If the skin be hot and dry, and the pulse full and 
rapid, give two drops of Fleming's tincture of aconite 
root every two hours, until the heart's action is sensi- 
bly diminished. Sometimes also a hot mustard foot- 
bath will give relief. The passive congestive variety 
demands a different mode of treatment. It is often 
found associated with cardiac disease, and most fre- 
quently where there is predominant dilatation. Hy- 
pertrophy gives rise to the active variety. Improve 
the condition of the blood by the use of iron, quinine, 
bitter tonics, alcoholic stimulants, good food, and stim- 
ulate the heart's action by the use of the following: 

^. Tinct. digitalis, 3 ii].; Spirit, amm. aromat., 3 vj.; 
Spirit, lavandulae comp.; Syr. simp. aaq. s. ad f iij. 
M. Sig. 3 j. every four hours. 

(8.) Ancemic Headache. — Cerebral anaemia produces 
a headache which is often mistaken for the passive 
cerebral congestive form. It is associated with gen- 
eral anaemia, nervous exhaustion, and may occur in 
heart disease, in consequence of enfeebled heart 
power, such as is met with in enlargement with dila- 
tation, fatty degeneration, and myocarditis. Improve 
the general condition of the patient, and stimulate the 
heart's action as recommended in the passive cerebral 
congestive variety. Nitrite of amyl will relieve the 
immediate headache. Let the patient inhale three to 
five drops of it on a piece of cotton, placed within one 



90 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

nostril, while the other is held closed. When associ- 
ated with nervous exhaustion, employ the following 
remedies: 

5- Strych. sulph. gr., ss.; Tinct. ferri chloridi, 3 ij.; 
Glycerinae 1 ss.; Infusi gentian., q. s. ad f vj. M. Sig. 
I ss. after meals, in a wineglass of water. 

Alcoholic stimulants are beneficial in headache de- 
pendent on cerebral anaemia. Champagne as a rem- 
edy, and not as a beverage, may be given to those 
who suffer from nervous exhaustion; or a tablespoon- 
ful of brandy, diluted with water, after each meal. 

(9.) Cerebral Tumors give rise to headache, .often 
severe. In all such cases, give iodide of potassium; 
for it cannot be safely said that in any given case the 
tumor does not depend on syphilis, and by adminis- 
tering the remedy the patient gets the benefit of the 
doubt. 

There is reason to believe, too, that patients with 
cerebral tumors, dependent on other and unknown 
causes, are benefited by the use of iodide of potassium. 
If there be much sleeplessness, use the bromide and 
chloral mixture. Ergot has also been used. It is 
usually given in large doses, beginning with 3 i. of the 
fluid extract three times a day, and gradually in- 
creasing the dose to half an ounce. W.Aitken. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 91 



IV. 

DISEASES OF WOMEN. 



Sleeplessness in Uterine Disorders. 

When patients complain of -nervousness or of sleep- 
lessness, the potassic bromide must be given, either 
alone or in combination with other remedies. A cheap 
mixture, much thought of by our patients at the Uni- 
versity clinic, is the following: 

5- Pulv. ferri sulphat. exsiccat gr. xxx. 

Potassi bromidi ) 

r aa < 1 
Rad. calumbae contus ) ^ J# 

Aquae bullientis Oj. 

Steep for twenty-four hours and then strain. 

Sig. — One tablespoonful in a wineglassful of water 
just before or after each meal. 

I cannot say much for the palatableness of this in- 
fusion nor more for its pharmaceutical elegance; but 
it does good, and we therefore give it largely to our 
poor patients. The iron and the potash in it may be 
increased or lessened, or the former may be left out, 
as the case may be. The zinc valerianate given thrice 
daily in doses of from two to four grains is one of our 
best nervines. For a better class of patients the fol- 



92 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

lowing antispasmodic mixture can be prescribed with 
very general satisfaction: 

$ Elixir humuli. , fl. § j. 

Elixir ammoniae valerianat ) 

Syrupi lactucarii ) aa fl# * ss * 

M. Sig. — One dessertspoonful at bedtime, or dur- 
ing the day when needful. Wm. Goodell, M.D. 



In Rheumatic Dysmenorrhea. 

5 Am. hydrochlor, § iij. 

Tinct. stramonii § ss. 

Tinct. cimicifugae rac 1 jss. 

Syr. glycyrrhizae 3 ij. 

M. Sig. — Teaspoonful three times a day. 

Dr. N. S. Davis. 

OR 

5 Acidi salicylici 3 iij. 

Sodii bicarbonatis 3 ij. 

Tinct. stramonii 

Vini colchici radicis aa 3 iv. 

Glycerinae. k § j. 

Aquae § iij. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful four times a day in water. 

Dr. N. S. Davis. 
When the pain and soreness extends to the ovaries, 
Professor Davis has succeeded with these formulae in 
a large number of cases. He also recommends that 
patients place themselves in the knee and chest posi- 
tion three or four times a day for a few minutes, thus 
throwing the uterus, by force of gravity, into its nat- 
ural position. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 93 

Chronic Cervical Endometritis. 

g, Magnesiae sulphatis § ij. 

Ferri sulphatis gr. xvj. 

Acid, sulph. dil 3 j. 

Aquae Oj. 

M. Sig. — Two tablespoonfuls in a tumbler of iced 
water daily on rising. Dr. T. G. Thomas. 

OR 

^ Sodii et potass, tart = . . . f ij. 

Vini ferri amari § ii. 

Acid, tartarici 3 iij . 

Aquae ■ . . . $ xiv. 

M. Sig. — Two tablespoonfuls as above. 

Dr. T. G. Thomas. 
Prof. Thomas advises the use of the above prescrip- 
tions as tonic and cathartic, relying mainly in these 
cases on the observance of good hygiene. 



Congestive- Dysmenorrhoea. 

5 Ext. ergotae fl 3 vii. 

Tinct. gelsem. co = 3 j. 

Tinct. aconit. rad gtts. xvi. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful every two, three or four 
hours. Bartholow. 



Vomiting of Pregnancy. 

§. % Cerii oxalatis gr. xxiv. 

Ext. hyoscyami gr. xxxvi. 

M. Et. ft. pil. No. xii. Take one twice a day. 



94 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

A Remedy for the Sick Stomach of Pregnancy. 
Dr. Forwood, at a late meeting of the Lancaster, 
Pa., Medical Society, read an interesting paper on the 
" Treatment of the Sick-stomach of Pregnancy." His 
favorite prescription is as follows: 

* 5 Rad. columbo 

Rad. zingiber t . aa § ss. 

Fol. sennae 3 j. 

Aquae bullient Oj. 

Mix. Infus. 

Sig. — A wineglassful before each meal. 



Vomiting of Pregnancy. 

^ Cupri sulphat gr. ij. 

Aquae distillat § ss. 

M. Sig. — Six drops at a dose. Bartholow. 

In Chronic Cervicitis and Leucorrhcea. 

5 Iodoformi 3 j. 

Acid, tannici § j. 

M. Sig. — A sufficient quantity to be packed in a 
dry state around the cervix. Bartholow. 



In Anaemia with Amenorrhea. 

1$ Arsenic gr. j. 

Ferri. sulph. exsiccat 3 ss. 

Pulv. pip. nig 3 j. 

Pil. al. et myrrh 3 j. 

M. Div. in. pil. xl. 

Sig. — One twice a day after meals. 

FothergilL 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 95 

This excellent combination, by its tonic effect on the 
blood and its determinative effect on the menstrual 
function, will speedily restore the patient to her normal 
condition. 



The Vomiting of Pregnancy. 

5 Cerii oxalat gr. j. 

Ipecacuanhae gr. j. 

Creasoti gtt. ij. 

Sig. — To be taken every hour. Dr. Goodell. 

This prescription has been used with uniform suc- 
cess in this annoying and sometimes dangerous com- 
plication of pregnancy, at the Episcopal Hospital, 
Philadelphia. 



Milk Fever. 

g Tinct. aconit. rad , gtt. xx. 

Antimon. et potass, tart '. .gr. ij. 

Spt. etheris nitrici 

Syrupi simplicis aa 3 j. 

Aquae aurantii flor 3 ij. 

Sig. — A teaspoonful in a wineglassful of sugar and 
water every two hours. Dr. Fordyce Barker. 

In addition to this, Dr. Barker gives nutritious, 
easily digested food; applies the child to the breast 
as soon as the patient has recovered from the exhaus- 
tion of labor; attends to the state of the bowels; gives 
a diaphoretic anodyne, and has the nurse rub the 
breasts from circumference to nipple with warm sweet 
oil every three hours. 



g6 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Rheumatic Dysmenorrhea, 

$ Tinct. cimicifugae § iij. 

Tinct. stramonii ^ ss. 

Vin. colchici rad § ss. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful at each mealtime in water. 

N. S. Davis, M.D. 
If the cimicifuga or colchicum causes headache and 
disturbance of the bowels, lessen the quantity rela- 
tively to the other constituents of the prescription. 
The above is recommended by Prof. Davis in that 
common class of cases, where pain is severe and the 
flow scanty. 



Laxatives for Habitual Use in Uterine Disorders. 

5 Ext. colcynth. comp gr. ij. 

Ext. belladonnae ' gr. \. 

Ext. gentianae gr. j. 

Ol. caruj gtt. ss. 

Et ft. pil. No. j. 
M. To be taken at bedtime. 

The pulvis glycyrrhizae comp. of the Prussian Phar- 
macopoeia is another good laxative. I have kept pa- 
tients upon it for months, and always with benefit. 
The formula for it is as follows: 

Q Pulv. glycyrrh. rad ) . 

Pulv. sennae ) ^ 

Sulphuris sublim j T .. 

Pulv. fceniculi \ aa 5 1J ' 

Sacchar. purif § jss. 

M. Sig. — One teaspoonful in half a cupful of water 
at bedtime. Wm. Goodell, M.D., Phila. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 97 

Metrorrhagia. 

JJ Liquor ferri sulphatis f ss. 

Aquae § j. 

M. Sig. — Saturate with this solution the finest cot- 
ton wool; dry and expose to moderate pressure. 
Wrap a sufficient quantity around a long small piece 
of whalebone and introducing it into the cavity of the 
uterus, withdraw the whalebone, leaving the cotton in 
situ. Strong thread may be attached to the cotton to 
withdraw it when necessary. From 12 to 24 hours is 
as long as it should remain. 

This hemostatic is that proposed and used by the 
distinguished gynaecologist, Dr. J. Marion Sims, which 
is proof positive of its efficiency. 

In Accidental Hemorrhage During Pregnancy. 

5 Acidi sulphurici dil 3 j. 

Tinct. opii m. xh 

Inf us. rosae. co § vj. 

Sig. — Two teaspoonfuls every hour. 

OR 

5 Plumbi acetatis gr. xviij. 

Acidi acetici m, xx. 

Morphiae acetatis gr. j. 

Aquae destillatae 1 vj. 

/. G. Swane, M.D. 
Coming from the accoucheur to the Bristol General 
Hospital, England, these formulae so uniformly suc- 
cessful may be highly commended. Posture should 
be attended to and cold compresses applied to the 
vulva. 



98 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Barker's Post Partum Pills. 

$ Ext. colocy nth. co 

Hydr. chloridi mitis aa 3 xiij. 

Ext. hyoscyami gr. xl. 

Ext. nucis vom 

Pulv. aloes 

Pulv. ipecac aa gr. xx. 

Mix. Divide into 120 pills. Dr. Fordyce Barker. 

For the Anaemia of Chlorosis. 

5 Ferri vini amari § vijss. 

Tinct. nucis vomicae 3 iv. 

Liq. potassae arsenit r . . . 3 ij. 

M. Sig. — A dessertspoonful in a glassful of water 
just after each meal. 

Prof. T. Gaillard Thomas, M.D. 

In addition to this Dr. Thomas (regarding the indi- 
cations to remove the cause, cure the neurosis, and re- 
pair the damage) advises general tonic treatment 
and the observance of good hygiene. 

In Menorrhagia of Climacteric Period. 

1$ Ext. ergotae aq. (Squibb) 3 ij. 

Butyri cocoae 3 j. 

M. Make twelve suppositories and introduce one 
into the rectum morning, noon, and night, carrying 
them well up into the bowel and having the patient 
lie down for an hour afterward. 

Prof. Fordyce Barker, M.D. 
The Doctor advises the uses of these suppositories 
for a week previous to the return of the expected 
period. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 99 

Ergot and Aloes for Amenorrhea from Atony of the 
Uterus. 

5 Tr. ergot 3 ij. 

Decoct, aloes comp ad § viij. 

M. Two tablespoonfuls twice a day. 

Metrorrhagia of Climacteric Period. 

^ Iodoformi 3 ijss. 

Gum tragacanthae gr. xv. 

Mucilaginis q. s. 

M. Sig. — Divide into ten cylinders, each one and 
one half inches in length, and for the five or six days 
preceding menstruation introduce one of these cylin- 
ders into the cavity of the uterus and keep it in place 
by a pledget of cotton pushed against the cervix. 

Prof. Fordyce Barker, M.D. 
This plan Dr. Barker has found to effect a cure if 
carried out for two menstrual periods. 



In Chlorosis. 

]J Ferri arseniat gr. ij. 

Ext. cinchonae gr. xij. 

M. Ft. pil. No. xij. 

Sig. — One three times a day after meals. 

Dr. Bartholow. 

Metrorrhagia. 

$ Hydrarg. chlorid coros gr. -fa 

Tinct. cinchonae comp 3 j* 

Sig. — This amount thrice daily. 

Dr. Wm. H. By ford. 



100 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

The above should be given in the intermenstrual 
period while mechanical means are resorted to at the 
time of menstruation. Of course quiet and the best 
possible hygienic surroundings should be insisted 
upon. 



In Painful Affections of the Breast or Abdomen of 
Women. 

IJ Atropiae sulph gr. iv. 

Sp. rectif f % ss. 

Aquae destil , ad. | iv. 

Misce ut fiat lotio. (To be applied on lint, covered 
with oilskin or parydor.) Dr. Tilt. 



In Nausea of Uterine Irritation. 

$, Liq. bismuthi et ammon. citrat § ss. 

Acid, hydrocyan. dil HI xxiv. 

Sodae bicarb 3 j. 

Tinct. lavand. co 3 iij. 

Aquae, f § vj. 

Fiat mistura. Cap. cochl. maj. ij. bis die. 

Dr. Tyler Smith. 

In Obstinate Dysmenorrhea. 

IJ Chloral hydrat 3 j. 

Sp. etheris 3 ij. 

Liq. opii sedativi 3 ss. 

Tinct. hyoscyami 3 iij. 

Sp. chlorof ormi 3 ij. 

Aquae ad. | vj. 

Fiat mistura. A tablespoonful every two hours. 

Dr. Lombc AtthilL 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. IOI 

As an Anaesthetic During Labor. 

5 Chloral hydrat 3 iss. 

Aquae aurantii floris § vj. 

Misce. A sixth part at completion of first stage of 
labor ; another dose in about twenty minutes ; and 
again in about an hour. Dr. W. S. Playfair. 

In Dysmenorrhea. 

5 Succi conii 3 j. 

Potass, bromid gr. xv. 

Aquae ad. f j. 

Fiat haustus. To be taken three times a day. 

Dr. Alfred Meadows. 

In Ulceration of Cervix Uteri. 

5 Acidi benzoici gr. x. 

Acidi tannici gr. xv. 

Collodion 3 iv. 

Acidi carbolici gr. xxv. 

Fiat lotio. To be applied to affected parts. 

Dr. Lombe AtthilL 

In Pruritus Vulvae. 

5 Acidi carbolici gr. x. 

Morphiae acet gr. viij. 

Acidi hydrocyan. dil 3 ij. 

Glycerini 3 iv. 

Aquae ad. § iv. 

Fiat lotio. Dr. Lombe AtthilL 



102 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Menorrhagia. 

I£ Acidi gallici 

Pulv. ergotae ana gr. x. 

Fiat pulvis. To be taken every three hours. 

Dr. Lombe AtthilL 



As a Laxative on Change of Life. 

]$ Sulphur, sublim § j. 

Sodae bicarb 3 j. 

Pulv. ipecac gr. v. 

Misce. Sumat 3 j. — 3 ij. h. s. ex lacte. 

Dr. Tilt. 



Sedative Application in Uterine Affections. 

5 Aconitiae gr. ij. 

Atropiae sulph gr. viij. 

Morphiae sulph gr. xvj. 

Acid, sulph. dil TT], v. 

Sp. vini rect f ss. 

Glycerini \ ij. 

Aquae ad. § iv. 

M. Fiat linimentum. Dr. Tilt. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. IO3 

V. 

DISEASES OF CHILDREN. 



Diarrheal Mixture for Children. 

5 Pulv. cret. aromat. (Br) 3 j. 

Tinct. opii 3 j. 

Syr. zingiberis § j. 

Decoc. haematoxyli ad. f vj. 

Take two tablespoonfuls after each liquid stool. 

Farquharson. 



Acute Bronchitis in Children. 

IJ Tinct. veratri viridis m. xij. 

Syr. scilla compos 3 ij. 

Syr. balsami tolutani 3 xiv. 

M. Sig. — One teaspoonful every two or three hours 
to a child five years old in the first stages of the dis- 
ease. -Prof. J. Z. Smith, M.D. 

When the temperature falls and the moisture ap- 
pears on the skin under the influence of the above 
prescription, we may cease its administration and re- 
sort to expectorant mixtures as the following: 

5 Ext. cubeb fl m. xl. — 3 j. 

Syr. simplicis § ijss. 

Sig. — A teaspoonful three or four times a day. 



104 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Summer Diarrhoea of Children. 

^ Plumbi acetat gr. viij. 

Acid acet gtt. vj. 

Tinct. opii deodofat . gtt. iv. 

Aquae destillat § j. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful every two or three hours 
to a child of two years. Dr. Roberts Bartholow. 



Infantile Syphilis. 

§ Hydrarg. bichlorid gr. j. 

Potass, iodidi 3 iv. 

Syr. aurantii 

Aquae aa 3 ij. 

M. Sig. — Five drops for a child about two months 
old, increased to fifteen or twenty drops if the disease 
does not yield. R. W, Taylor, M.D. 

Dr. Taylor has made this subject his especial study, 
and his experience has been that the above formula is 
highly efficacious. It is important to suspend the 
medicine altogether, from time to time, as the system 
acquires a tolerance for it. 



Nocturnal Incontinence of Children. 

5 Strychniae gr. j. 

Pulv. cantharides gr. ij. 

Morph. sulph gr. iss. 

Ferri pulv 3 j. 

M. Ft. pil. No. xl. Sig. — One three times a day 
to a child ten years old. Prof. S. D. Gross, M.D. 

This prescription will speedily relieve the irritabil- 
ity of the bladder, especially if conjoined with such 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. I05 

means as a cold shower bath daily, the avoidance of 
irritant food and late suppers, the patient lying on the 
side or belly, and taking care to drink nothing for the 
few hours preceding sleep, and to empty the bladder 
on going to bed. 

Alkaline Mixture for Nursing Children. 

IJ Pot. carbonat gr. ij. 

Ol. cajeput m. j. 

Aq. anethi 3 ij. 

M. Sig. — Three or four times a day. Fothergill. 
This alkaline mixture will afford speedy relief to in- 
fants who have griping pains after taking milk; a 
condition very frequent and exceedingly annoying. 



Catarrhal Bronchitis of Infants. 

IJ, Syr. allii § j. 

Syr. ipecac 3 i I j . 

Syr. tolutani 3 v. 

Syr. acaciae 3 vL 

Tinct. opii camphorat . . .ad. § iij. 

M. Sig. — M. xx. to 3 j. as needed. 

Dr. Farquharson. 

Cough Mixture for Infants. 
Infants' Hospital, Randall's Island, AT. Y. 

IJ Tr. opii camph 

Spts. ammon. arom aa fl. f j. 

Ext. ipecac fl fl. 3 ss. 

Syr. pruni virg . . fl. | j. 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. f iij. 

M. Dose : a teaspoonful. 



I06 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Cholera Infantum. 

IJ Argenti nitrat gr. j. 

Acid nitric, dil m. viij. 

Tinct. opii deodorat m. viij. 

Mucil. acaciae « § ss. 

Syr. simplicis § ss. 

Aq. cinnamoni § j. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful every three, four, or six 
hours to a child one year old. Bartholow. 

This combination is remarkably beneficial after the 
acute symptoms have subsided. 



Infantile Convulsions. 

5 Olei succini rectificati 

Tinct. opii , , aa § ss. 

Olei olivae 

Spiritus vini gallici aa § ij. 

Ft. lotio. Rub along the spine. 

Dr. Joseph Parrish. 
The above will relieve infantile convulsions, and is 
also an excellent application to relieve the spasms of 
whooping-cough. Care should be taken to wash the 
skin with warm water and soap before rubbing in the 
lotion, so as to promote absorption. 



Cholera Infantum. 

]J Cupri sulph , . . , gr. j. 

Tinct. opii deodorat gtt. viij. 

Aquae destillat § iv. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful every two, three, or four 
hours. Dr. Bartholow. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 107 

Anthelmintic for Round Worm and Ascaris Vermicu- 

laris. 

5 Fl. ext. spigeliae | j. 

Fl. ext. sennae § ss. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful to a child of three to five 
years; or 

g, Fluid ext. spigeliae et sennae § j. 

Santonini gr. viij. 

M. Sig. — Teaspoonful to a child of five. 

Prof. J. L. Smith, M.D. 
For the expulsion of the round worm no better for- 
mulae than these have been devised. They are found 
an effectual means also of destroying the ascaris ver- 
micularis. 

In the Delirium of Febrile Affections in Children. 

g, Pot. bromidi gr. x. 

Chloral hydrat gr. v. 

Aquae anethi fc 3 ij. 

M. Sig. — Every six hours, for child of six. 

Fothergill. 
This combination of bromide of potassium and 
chloral acts admirably in the cerebral excitement ac- 
companying the evanescent fevers of children. 

Children's Diarrhoea. 

g> Infus. rhei § ij. 

Potass, bicarb 3 j. 

Tinct. cinnamoni 3 ij. 

Syrupi simplicis 3 vj. 

Dose. Teaspoonful every two hours. 

Farquharson. 



108 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Scarlatina. 

# Pot. chlorat gr. x. 

Tine, ferri perchlor m. v. 

Syr. zingiberis 3 j. 

Aquae ad § ss. 

M. Sig. — Every four or six hours for a child from 
eight to ten years. Fothergill. 

Dr. Fothergill says of the above prescription that 
in the severe sore throat of scarlatina he has found it 
of all others give the best and most satisfactory re- 
sults. 



Bronchitis in Children. 
A large sinapism or turpentine stupe, followed by 
linseed-meal poultices properly made and frequently 
changed, or a piece of spongio-piline soaked in warm 
water, are good external applications. The child 
should be kept in bed. Internally, in acute cases, a 
dose of calomel with or without jalap may be given at 
the outset, and expectoration should be assisted by 
ipecacuanha, squill, citrate of potash, senega, and 
similar remedies. A useful prescription for a child two 
to four years old is : 
IJ Pot. citrat 3 j. 

Vin. ipecac 3 j — 3 ij. 

Tinct. camph. co 3 j. 

Syrup, tolutan § ss. 

Aquae ad § iij. 

Ft. mist. Dose : one teaspoonful every hour or two. 
When the secretion becomes abundant, it should be 
removed from the loaded bronchi by emetics. Mu- 
cous and subcrepitant rales are in young children the 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. IO9 

best indications for emetics, according to Bouchut. 
Powdered ipecacuanha, mustard, alum, or sulphate of 
zinc are best ; Vin. Ipecac, sometimes fails even in 
large doses. A warm bath towards evening is good 
practice, and the child often sleeps after it, but chill 
must be carefully guarded against. If there be much 
restlessness, small doses of Dover's powder at bed- 
time are valuable. Should pulmonary collapse take 
place, stimulants, especially Ammon. Sesquicarb., will 
be needed, with wine and rubefacient liniments. The 
diet, at first low, must be improved as the disease pro- 
gresses, care being taken to eliminate all heavy and 
indigestible things from what is sanctioned. In 
chronic bronchitis, where there is less fever, and when 
the child is already exhausted by illness, the cough 
will require controlling by such drugs as bromide 
of potassium, belladonna, morphia, etc. Antispas- 
modics and anodynes, in fact, take the place of expec- 
torants and stimulants. Sinapisms are still useful, 
and so are stimulating embrocations. Inhalations, 
too, of steam or medicated vapors (especially that of 
creasote) are serviceable. The diet must be light and 
nourishing, and calculated to restrain rather than pro- 
mote secretion, and therefore especially limited and 
defined in the matter of fluids. 

In such cases quinine is useful in small doses; or if 
it disagree, Dr. Meigs recommends the following: 

5 Elix. cinchon. flav 3 ij. 

Curacoa 3 ij. 

Acidi sulph. dil m. xij. 

Aquae .... 3 iiss. 

Ft. mist., 3 j. secund. hor. 



IIO FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In very chronic cases, attended with persistent mu- 
cous rales over the bases of the lungs, astringents, 
especially gallic and tannic acids, are useful. I have 
certainly seen benefit from their employment. At the 
same time some external agency should not be neg- 
lected, as painting with iodine paint or gentle frictions 
with some stimulating liniment. Dr. Stierlin, of 
Schaffhausen, recommends carbonate of ammonia 
rather than emetic or other treatment, especially in 
the broncho-pneumonia of young children and in the 
catarrhal attacks of infants. The dose may be up to 
5, 10 or even 20 grains. Dr. Stierlin by this means 
lost only 7 out of 150 cases, whereas Rilliet and Bar- 
thez consider the catarrhal pneumonia of infants 
especially to be almost invariably fatal. 

It is convenient here to mention specially another 
plan of treatment, referred to in former editions, as 
much in vogue in America and on the Continent, but 
which, since then, has daily gained ground in Eng- 
land and elsewhere, and which is applicable not only 
to bronchitis, but to most, if not all, acute inflamma- 
tions, viz., the treatment by the great vascular seda- 
tives, aconite and veratrum viride. 

This treatment, according to the evidence of those 
who have most largely employed it, is most suitable 
for children over three years of age, whose previous 
health has been good, and in whom the inflammation 
is acute and primary. It is a remark of Bouchut's that 
in the first stage of childhood the material lesions are 
less purely inflammatory than in the second stage, and 
the suppuration of the tissues in both less frequent 
and of a less laudable quality. It is accordingly found 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. Ill 

that these powerful antiphlogistics are of less service 
during the earliest years of life. Besides the age of 
the child, the period of the administration of these 
drugs is an important point; they should be given as 
early as possible in the course of the disease, in small 
and frequently repeated doses, until the activity of the 
inflammation begins to subside, the pulse lowers, the 
temperature falls, and moisture appears upon the 
skin. Beyond this point it is unwise to push the rem- 
edy, as the depression so induced may be very consid- 
erable. Dr. Lewis Smith, of New York, recommends 
the following prescription for a child five years old in 
the first stage of acute bronchitis: 

1J, Tinct. verat. virid m. xij. 

Syrupi scillae comp 3 ij. 

Syrupi bals. tolutan 3 xiv. 

Misce. One teaspoonful every two to four hours ; 
the medicine to be omitted, or given at a longer inter- 
val, if the frequency of the pulse is reduced. 

I have but little experience of green hellebore, but 
I am more and more satitfied that aconite is a most 
valuable agent when similarly employed. The dose 
of the tincture of the Ph. B. may be half a drop to a 
drop, repeated every hour or half hour until the effect 
described is manifested. The dose is suitable for a 
child five years old. When the inflammatory symp- 
toms have abated, the ordinary treatment of the 
special inflammation and its sequelae is to be resumed; 
for example, in bronchitis, expectorant mixtures; in 
tonsillitis, astringent gargles, and so forth. In fact, 
aconite and green hellebore thus employed may be 



112 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

regarded as in a measure replacing the depletions and 
blisterings of days gone by. 

Lastly, I think it always desirable, after children 
have suffered from bronchitis, broncho-pneumonia, 
etc., that a course of cod-liver oil or the hypophos- 
phites of lime and soda should be advised for a month 
or two. E. Ellis. 



In Chronic Diarrhoea and Passive Hemorrhage. 

R Alumnis . gr. iij. — xv. 

Acidi sulph. dil m. ij. — x. 

Syrupi q. s. 

Inf. rosae acid 3 j. — iv. 

To be given every three or four hours. E. Ellis. 

In the Second Stage of Hooping-Cough. 

R Ext. conii gr. xij. 

Aluminis gr. xxv. 

Aquae anethi f § iij. 

Syr. rhoeados f 3 ij. 

Fiat mistura : capiat cochleare medium sexta qua- 
que hora. (For a child two or three years old.) 

Dr. G. Bird. 



In Hooping-Cough. 

R Cocci pulv gr. xij. 

Potass, carb 3 j. 

Syr. simplicis 1 j. 

Aquae destil % iij. 

Misce. A teaspoonful when the attack threatens. 

Niemeyer. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 113 

In Chronic Diarrhoea of Children. 

5 Argenti nitr gr. -J- ad £ 

Aquae destil § j. 

Syr. simpl 3 v. 

Fiat mistura. To be taken by spoonfuls in the 

course of the day. M. Trousseau. 



In Laryngismus Stridulus. 

5 Assafoetidae 3 ss. 

Vitell. ovi No. j. Tere simul, et adde 

Inf us. valerian § ss. — f iv. 

For two enemas. Niemeyer. 

In Hooping- Cough. 

R Antim. tart gr. j. 

Tinct. opii V\ xx. 

Aquae destil f § j. 

Misce. A teaspoonful every, or every alternate, 
night. Sir. T. Watson. 

Itch in Children. 

Sulphur ointment is the general remedy for this 
disease. The patient having been thoroughly washed, 
should be rubbed over with it wherever spots exist. 
If there be unusual thickness of the cuticle, the oint- 
ment may be 

5 Adipis.... |j. 

Sulphur, praecip 3 ij. 

Pot. bicarb 3 j. 

Ft. unguent. 



114 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

A strong alcoholic solution of stavesacre is often 
efficacious, or the Pulv. staphisagriae may be combined 
with Ung, Sulph. The oil of chamomile is also 
stated to be useful in the Ung. Sulph. A lotion of 
pentasulphide of calcium is recommended by Mr. 
Erasmus Wilson. If it be desired to conceal the 
fact of using sulphur ointment, it may be colored * 
with Hyd. Bisulph (Cinnabar), and scented with oil 
of bergamot. Styrax is also occasionally employed, 
e.g.: 

g Styracis liquid § j. 

Sp. rectif 3 ij. 

Ol. olivae , . . . 3 j. 

Ft. unguent. 

Other formulae are : 

IJ Acid carbolici 3 ij. 

Glycerini § ij. 

Ft. applicatio. 

m 

B Hyd. perchlor gr. iv. 

Sp. vin. rect 3 vj. 

Ammon. hydrochlor 3 ss. 

Aq. rosae ad § vj. 

Ft. lotio. 

5 Potassii sulphureti 1 vj. 

Sapon. alb lb. ij. 

Ol. olivae Oij. 

Ol. thymi 3 ij. 

Ft. applicatio. 

This is a powerful preparation, and sufficient for in- 
unction from top to toe (as is often required) for sev- 
eral days. E. Ellis. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 115 

In Diarrhoea. 

$ Cretae preparajtae 3 iss. 

Acaciae pulv 

Sacchari albi aa 3 j. 

Tinct. opii m. x. 

Aquae § iij. 

Ft. mist. A teaspoonful every hour. Dewees. 



In the Irritable Stomach of Young Children, Accom- 
panied with Vomiting, of Sour and Curdled Character. 

5 Pot. bromid gr. j. — iij. 

Mist, cretae 3 j. — ij. 

Syrupi q. s. 

E. Ellis. 

In Hooping-Cough. 

IJ, Aluminis gr. xxiv. 

Acidi sulph. dil 1\[ xij. 

Syr. rhoeados f 3 iv. 

Aquae f § iis. 

Fiat mistura: sumat f 3 iij. sextis horis. 

Dr. West. 

In Simple Diarrhoea of Infants. 

IJ, Magnes. sulph 3 j. 

Tinct. rhei 3 ij. 

Aquae carui 3 vij. 

Misce. A teaspoonful every six hours. 

Dr. West 



1 1 6 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

As a Stimulant in Croup. 

§, Etheris acet .3 iij. 

Camphorae gr. x. 

Misce. Ten to fifteen drops every quarter of an 
hour. Niemeyer. 



In Porrigo of Children. 

5 Acidi acetici diluti 

Mel. boracis , aa § j. 

Aquae 1 iv. 

Misce. Fiat lotio. Dr. Headland. 

In Severe Coughs of Children of Four Years of Age. 

$ Tinct. camphorae co TTl xx. 

Vini ipecacuanhae TFl x. 

Vini antim TTl xxx. 

Mucil. acaciae t 3 vij. 

Misce. Sumat § ij. quarta qudque hont 

Dr. West. 



In Hooping-Cough. 

1$ Tinct. opii 3 ij. 

Tinct. cantharidis 3 ij. 

Lin. camphorae co § j. 

Misce. Fiat linimentum. To be rubbed on the 
chest- Dr. West. 



In Chorea. 

IJ Liq. arsenicalis Til x. 

To be taken immediately after meals. For child 5 
to 12 years. Dr. Eustace Smith. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 117 

In Febrile Coughs of Children One Year Old. 

R Potass, bicarb 

Acidi citrici ana 3 j. 

Syr. mori 3 Hj. 

Aquae destil 3 ix. 

Misce. Sumat 3 ij. sexta quaque hont 

Dr. West. 

An Aperient for Children of Three Years ol Age. 

5 Potass, sulph gr. xij. 

Inf. rhei 3 vss. 

Tinct. aurantii 3 ss. 

Aquae cinnam . . . . 3 iss. 

Misce. Capiat § ss pro re natS. Dr. West. 

In Scarlatina* 

5 Solut. chlori. (Midd. Hosp.) 3 ij. 

Aquae Oj. 

Misce. Sumat cochl. j. ad ij. frequenter in die pro- 
ratione aetatis. Sir T. Watson. 

Stomatitis. 
These cases are usually easily cured by the use of 
chlorate of potash in good doses, given three or four 
times a day, the mouth being rinsed well with a weak 
solution of the chlorate, or in young children syringed 
therewith, if the child be too young to rinse the 
mouth ; glycerine of borax may be applied after each 
cleansing. The stomach and bowels must be regu- 
lated; and when improvement takes place, tincture or 
decoction of bark will be of great use — in fact, the 






Il8 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

best form of tonic. Nutritious diet and wine are often 
necessary, when the child is low. 

Chloride of lime is used by M. Bouchut, forty-five 
grains of the chloride to six drachms of honey, and 
application made with a camel-hair brush. Dilute 
nitric and hydrochloric acids are occasionally valuable 
in obstinate cases as local applications ; acid and bark 
or ammonia and bark being given meanwhile inter- 
nally. Dr. Dewees especially recommends: 

§. Cupri sulph gr. x. 

Pulv. cinchon. opt; 3 ij. 

Pulv. gum. Arab 3 j. 

Mel. commun 3 ij. 

Aq. fontan 3; iij. 

Ft. applicatio. The ulcerations to be touched twice 
a day with it. E. Ellis. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 1 19 



VI. 



FEVERS, RHEUMATISM, GOUT, AND 
MALARIA. 



Simple Continued Fever. 

IJ Acid hydrobrom 3 j. 

Syr. simplicis 3 ii- 

Aq ad. § j. 

M. Sig. — Every hour. F other gill. 

Dr. Fothergill, in speaking of the above formula, 
says it will probably constitute par excellence the fever 
mixture of the future. It is especially indicated where 
there is cerebral disturbance. 

Delirium of Typhoid. 

5 Antim. et potass, tart gr. j. — ij. 

Morphiae sulph gr. iss. 

Aq. lauro-cerasi , § j. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful every two, three, or four 
hours. Dr. Bartholow. 

This will quiet delirium and produce sleep in the 
abnormal wakefulness of typhoid. It may also be 
advantageously used for these same conditions, viz., 
delirium and wakefulness of delirium tremens. 



120 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Local Application in Rheumatic Pains. 

$ Lin. aconit ...... , 3 ii- 

Lin. belladonnae 3 ij. 

Glycerine ad. § ij. 

Stg. — Apply locally over seat of pain. FothergilL 
This liniment is especially advised when the pain is 
confined to the sciatic nerve, offering marked relief. 
Treacle may be substituted for the glycerine with ad- 
vantage. A convenient mode of application is to 
spread the above on a V-shaped piece of lint and 
place on the thigh. 

Fevers. 

5 Acid, hydrochlor. dil m. xv. 

Syr. aurantii 3 j. 

Aquae § ij- 

M. Sig. — Give at a draught to a fever patient every 
three or four hours. Dr. FothergilL 

\ The above acid drink, combined with fresh air and 
good general hygiene, will be found of more benefit in 
most fevers than the more powerful remedies of 
therapeutics, as was sufficiently demonstrated in the 
treatment of fevers in the late civil war. 



Anti-Rheumatic Pilh. 

IJ, Ext. colocynth co gr. 45. 

Ext. colchici acet gr. 30. 

Ext. hyoscyami gr. 10. 

Hydrarg. chlor. mit gr. 10. 

Mix. Divide into thirty pills. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 121 

In Chronic Malarial Indispositions. 

5 Pil. ferri carbonat 3 j. 

Acidi arseniosi gr. j. 

M. Ft. pil. No. xx. Sig. — One three times a day. 

OR 

5 Quiniae sulph 3 ij. 

Ferri sulph. exsiccat 3 j. 

Acidi arseniosi gr. j. 

M. Ft. pil. No. xx. Sig. — One pill three times a 
day. Bartholow. 



In Symptomatic Fevers. 

IJ, Vin. antim m. xx. 

Tinct. hyoscyam 3 ss. 

Liq. ammon. acetat § j. 

M. Sig.— Every four or six hours. FothergilL 
Where there is general disturbance of the functions, 
the tongue furred, appetite lost, general malaise and 
weakness, and where the face is flushed, head hot, 
and painful, the above draught, in connection with a 
light opiate at night, will yield marked relief. 



Sthenic Fever. 

B- Vini antim m. xx. 

Tinct. opii m. xv. 

Liq. amm. acetat § j. 

M. Sig. — Every four or six hours. FothergilL 
This combination of opium, antimony, and ammonia 
will be found very efficient in those fevers character- 
ized by bounding pulse and violent delirium. 



122 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Lithiasis. 

B- Pot. bromidi gr. xx. 

Tinct. hyoscyami 3 ss. 

Tinct. lupuli 3 j. 

Mist, camph § j. 

M. Sig. — As a draught at bedtime. FothergilL 
In the restlessness and suffering of lithiasis, where 
sleep must be had, and where opium in any form is to 
be strictly avoided, the above formula is a very excel- 
lent hypnotic. If desired, tincture of cannabis indica 
(15 drops) may be substituted for hyoscyamus. 



In Gout. 

$ Mag. sulph 3 ij. 

Pot. bicarb gr. xv. 

Tinct. sem. colchici m. x. 

Inf. buchu § j. 

M. Sig. — Every four or six hours. FothergilL 
Mercury as a purge and opium as a sedative are often 
indicated in chronic renal changes, but are ill borne 
by patients in this condition. As a substitute the above 
is an excellent remedy. It should be followed by free 
draughts of water. 



In Chronic Rheumatism. 

5 Acid arseniosi gr. iij. 

Pulv. guaiaci 3 iij. 

Pulv. capsici 3 ss. 

Pil. al. et myrrh 3 iij. 

M. Div. in pil. cxx. Sig. — One pill twice a day. 

FothergilL 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 1 23 

Coming from one whose practice was for a long 
time in a district where chronic rheumatism was very 
prevalent, this formula is invaluable. It should be 
combined with general tonic treatment, especially 
fatty foods. 



Diarrhoea of Typhoid. 

5- Argenti nitrat gr. iij. 

Pulv. opii 

Pulv. ipecac aa gr. vj. 

M. Ft. pil. No. xij. Sig. — One every four or six 
hours. Bartholow. 

When the diarrhoea of typhoid fever resists bis- 
muth, Hope's mixture and laudanum enemata, the 
above prescription will often magically relieve. It is 
also a most effective remedy in the diarrhoea of 
phthisis. 



Malarial Enlargement of the Spleen. 

g, Quiniae sulphat 3 j. 

Ferri sulphat. exsiccat 3 iss. 

M. Ft. pil. No. xxx. Sig. — Four or five pills 
during the day. Dr. Bartholow. 

Or the following is equally efficient, and is some- 
times better borne by the stomach: 
I£ Pil. ferri carbonat 3 j. 

Acidi arseniosi gr. j. 

Quiniae sulph 3 ij. 

M. Ft. pil. No. xl. Sig. — Two pills three times a 
day. Dr. Bartholow. 



124 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Acute Fever. 

§ Tinct. opii m. xv. 

Vin. antimon .' m. xx. 

Mist, camph § j. 

M. Sig. — Every four or six hours. Fothergill. 

In fevers dependent on inflammatory affections 
other than those of the brain, where there is often de- 
lirium, depending on vascular fulness, this formula 
will be found of great benefit. 



Anaemia of Chronic Malarial Poisoning. 

IJ Chinoidin ,. 3 ij. 

Resinae podophylli gr. iv. 

Ferri sulphat. exsiccat 3 j. 

M. Ft. pil. No. xx. Sig. — One three times a day. 

Dr. Bartholow. 

The use of the above formula is highly commended 
by Dr. Bartholow, especially where there is enlarge- 
ment of the spleen and engorgement of the portal cir- 
culation. 

Acute Rheumatism. 
$, Tinct. ferri 3 ij. 

Sig. — Twenty to thirty minims every four hours. 

Bartholow. 

The above form of iron is more especially adapted 
to the treatment of pale and delicate cachectic sub- 
jects. In these cases it diminishes the pain, fever and 
sweats, lessens the chances of cardiac mischief, and 
hastens canvalescence, by retarding waste and favor- 
ing excretion of uric acid through the kidneys. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 1 25 

In Rheumatism. 

ft Am. chlor gr. xv. 

Mist, guaiaci § j. 

M. Sig. — Three or four times a day. Fothergill. 
In the rheumatism of young persons, often depend- 
ent on or at least associated with inactivity of the 
skin, this is an excellent formula. When there is a 
history of exposure, as in old persons, the skin should 
be covered with flannel, and the following may be 
given three or four times a day : 
ft Pot. bicarbonat gr. x. 

Pot. iodidi , gr. v. 

Mist, guaiaci § j. 



In Hectic Fever. 

ft Tinct. digitalis 3 iij. 

Tinct. f erri chloridi 3 v. 

M. Sig. — Fifteen drops three or four times a day. 

Dr. Bartholow. 
This will be found to abate the temperature and 
diminish the sweats in hectic fever. 



In Muscular Rheumatism. 

ft Ammon. muriat § j. 

Ext. cimicifugae § ij. 

Syr. simplicis 

Aquae laur. cerasi aa | j. 

M, Sig, — A teaspoonful three or four times a day. 

Bartholaw. 



126 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Gout. 

]J Tinct. colchici seminis HI xx. 

Potass, bicarbonat gr. x. 

Aquae pimentae § j. 

M. Sig. — A draught. 

This is the standard formula used at the London 
Hospital for gout. 

That used at the University Hospital is the follow- 
ing: 

§, Tinct. colch. sem V\ xv. 

Magnes. carb gr. vj. 

Magnes. sulph gr. xxx. 

Aq. menth. pip. ad § j. 

The Rheumatism of Phthisis. 

5 Potass, iodidi , 3 j. 

Fl. ext. conii 3 iij. 

Tr. opii. camph § ij. 

Aq. aurant. flo 3 iv. 

Aquae § iv. 

M. Sig. — A teaspoonful thrice daily. 
This combination of drugs has been found to exert 
a markedly favorable influence over the course of this 
disease. It is the standard formula of the Roosevelt 
Hospital for these cases. 

Fevers. 

^ Quin. sulph gr. v. 

Tinct. digital TTL xv. 

Ac. phos. dil TTl xv. 

Aquae 3 j. 

M. Sig. — Every four or six hours. FothergilL 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 1 27 

In treating pyretic conditions where the heart is 
acting feebly and irregularly, and the skin is moist 
rather than dry, this union of antipyretics with a min- 
eral acid will be very grateful to the patient and 
highly efficient. 



Rheumatism. 

§. Lithii bromidi 3 iij. 

Syr. zingiberis § ss. 

Aquae § iss. 

M. Sig. — A teaspooful three times a day. 

Bartholow. 
Very serviceable where the smaller joints remain 
swollen after the acute symptoms have subsided. 



Salicylic Acid Mixture. 
Outdoor Departme?it of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

5 Acidi salicylici gr. 160 

Potass, acetat gr. 320 

Glycerinae fl. f 1 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. § 4 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



Anti-Rheumatic Mixture. 
Bellevue Hospital, New York. 

5 Sodii et potass, tart § \ 

Potass, nitrat 35 

Vin. colchici sem fl. 32 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. § 2 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



128 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Anti-Rheumatic Mixture. 

Harfs Island Hospital, New York. 

5 Potass, iodid § i 

" acetat , | 4 

Tinct. colchici sem . . . , . fl. § 2 

Aquae . . . . .O 2 

Mix. Dose: a tablespoonful. 



Anti-Rheumatic Mixture. 

Charity Hospital, BlackwelVs Island, N. Y. 

^ Sodii et potass, tart § \ 

Vini colchici sem. fl. 32 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. §2 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



Pulvis Quinise Go. 

(Clark's Powder.} 

5 Quiniae sulphat gr. 10 

Pulv. capsici gr. 3 

Pulv. opii gr. 1 

M. Dose for ague. Dr. Alonzo Clark. 

In Insomnia and Delirium of Typhus Fever. 

IJ Liq. opii sed 3 j. 

Antimon. et pot. tart., gr. j. 

Mist (aquae) camph gr. vj. 

Sig. — Tablespoonful every hour till sleep is induced. 
The above is highly commended by Graves and 
Murchison, who claim for it magical effects, the pa- 
tient waking refreshed and rational. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 1 29 

White's Gout Pills. 

R Hydrarg. chlor. mit 

Pulv. aloes 

r> 1 >aa 3 1 

Pulv. ipecac , 

Extr. colchici acet 

Mix. Divide into 60 pills. 



In Typhoid Fever. 

5 Acid, hydrochlor 3 ss. 

Syr. simplicis > . . . f j. 

Mucil. salepae § vj. 

Misce. A tablespoonful every two hours. 

Niemeyer. 



In Rheumatic Gout in Cachectic Subjects. 

5 Liq. potass TTTxv. 

Potass, iodidi gr. iij. 

Ext. sarsae 3 j. 

Decoc. cinchonae 3 xj. 

Misce. Fiat haustus, ter in die sumendus. 

Dr. H. W. Fuller. 



In Chronic Rheumatism of Cachectic Subjects. 

§. Ol. morrhuae 3 iij. 

Liq. potass TT[ xx. 

Potass, iodidi gr. iij. 

Ess. limonum TTl viij. 

Aquae destil § j. 

Misce. Fiat haustus, ter in die sum. 

Dr. H. W. Fuller, 



I30 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Neuralgic Rheumatism. 

$ Ol. santalini TTi ij. 

Veratriae gr. xxxvj. 

Ol. olivae 3 ss. 

Adipis 3 viiss. 

Ol. bergamii TH, x. 

Misce. Fiat unguentum. Dr. H. W. Fuller. 



In Asthenic Inflammatory Fever. 

Tinct. camph. co TTl xx. 

Ammon. carb gr. v. 

Decocti senegae \ iss. 

Fiat haustus. Mr. Erichsen. 

In Gout. 

Ij Ext. colchici acet gr. vj. 

Ext. rhei gr. vj. 

Ext. aloes socot gr. vj. 

Ext. belladonnae gr. j. 

Misce. Fiant pil. vj. sumat j nocte, bis hebdomad. 

Dr. A. B. Garrod. 



In Injuries of Muscles and Tendons, with Rheumatic 
Diathesis. 

5 Ext. colchici acetici gr. j. 

Pulv. ipecacuanhse co gr. x. 

Ext. colocynth. co gr . iv. 

Fiant pil. iij. Mr. Erichsen. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 131 

An Aperient in Gout. 

§, Tinct. coichici sem TTJ, xv. 

Mag. carb gr. vj. 

Sulph. mag 3 ss. 

Aquae menth. pip ad § j. 

M. Fiat haustus. University Hospital. 

In Gout. 

^ Pulv. coichici sem •. 3 ss. 

Calomelanos gr. viij. 

Pulv. digitalis 

Quin. sulph. . . aa gr. xv. 

Ext. colocynth gr. viij. 

Conf . rosae q. s. 

M. Ut fiat massa in pil. xx. dividenda. (1 — 4 dur- 
ing the day, at the commencement of the attack.) 

Trousseau and ReveiL 



132 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

VII. 

VENEREAL DISEASES. 



Syrup of Biniodide of Mercury. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

^ Potassii iodidi gr. 80 

Hydrarg. biniodidi gr. i-J- 

Syrupi fl. § 2 

Dissolve and mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 

Dr. Banks. 

Thompson's Mixed Treatment. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

IJ Hydrarg. biniodidi gr. 1 

Potassii iodidi 3 3 

Tinct. aurantii fl. 1 1 

Aquae fl. \ 3 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 

Dr. Beverhout Thompson. 

Taylor's Mixed Treatment. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

g Hydrarg. biniodidi gr. 1 

Potass, iodidi 3 4 

Syr. sarsap. co 

Aquse aa fl. § 2 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. Dr. H. W. Taylor. 






FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 1 33 

In Syphilitic Cachexia. 

5- Iodof ormi $ j. 

Hydrarg. chlorid. corros gr. j. 

Ferri redacti 3 j. 

M Ft. pil. No. xx. Sig. — One pill three times a 
day. Bart ho low. 

OR 

IJ Iodof ormi 

Chinoidin 

Ferri redacti aa 3 j. 

M. Ft. pil. No. xx. Sig. — One pill three times a 
aay. 

The above formulae, more commonly than is sup- 
posed by advocates of special plans of treatment, ex- 
ercise a most favorable influence over the course and 
duration of syphilis. 



Bichloride of Mercury. 

5 Hydrarg. chlor. corros gr. 1 

Potass, iodidi 3 2 

Tr. gent, co fl. f 4 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



Iodide of Potash Mixture. 
Charity Hospital, BlackwelVs Island, N. Y. 

\ Potass, iodid 3 4 

Syr. sarsap. co 

Tinct. gent, co aa fl. § 1 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



134 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Injections in Second Stage of Gonorrhoea — the Stage 
of Stasis. 

$ Zinci acetatis grs. 2-5 

Aquae destil § j 

OR 

Acidi borac grs. 7-14 

Aquae destil '. § j 

Dr. F. R. Sturgis. 

Inflammatory Stage of Gonorrhoea. 

5 Ol. cubeb TTl x-xv. 

or 
Homeopathic tinct. cannabis sativa. ..V\ v-x. 
This amount every two or three hours. 

Dr. F. R. Sturgis. 

In Gonorrhoea. 

^ Zinci sulphat 

Acidi tannici ana gr. xv. 

Aquae rosae § vj. 

Misce. Fiat injectio. To be used two or three 
. , :i 2% daily. M. Ricord. 

In Gonorrhoea. 

5 Copaibae 3 ij. 

Cubebae § ss. 

Cerae alb q. s. 

Misce. Fiant pil. cxx. Ten pills three times a 
day, afterwards four times a day. Niemeyer. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 1 35 

In Gonorrhoea (repeated attacks). 

5 Cubebae § ss. 

Copaibae q. s. 

Fiat pasta. A teaspoonful three times a day. 

Mr. Erichsen. 

To Prevent Chordee. 

5 Camphorae gr. xv. 

Opii pulv gr. iij. 

Fiant pil. vj. Two or three to be taken every night 
at bedtime. Ricord. 

In Syphilis (when Fotas. Iodidum fails). 

JJ Ammon. iodidL gr. viij. 

Inf. aurantii § j. 

Misce. To be taken three times a day. 

Mr. Berkeley Hill 

In Gonorrhoea, Acute Stage. 

§, Antim. tartarati gr. -fa 

Magnes. sulph 3 j. 

Potass, nitrat gr. v. 

Aquae § j. 

Fiat haustus. To be repeated every fourth or sixth 
hour. Mr. Erichsen. 

In Early Stage of Syphilis. 

5- Hydrarg. iodidi viridis gr. vj. 

Conf ect. rosae q. s. 

Misce, et divide in pil. vj. One pill three times a 
day. Mr. Erichsen. 



1 



136 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Gonorrhoea. 

3 Tannin 3 iss. 

Vini burgundicae Oiss. 

Fiat injectio. One-third to be injected ; if result 
unsatisfactory, the remainder. Nietneyer. 



In Syphilis. 

5 Hydrarg. proto-iodidi 

Lactucarii aa 3 iss. 

Ext. opii gr. ix. 

Ext. guaiaci 3 j. 

Misce. Fiant pil. xxxvj. One pill twice a day. 

Ricord. 



Syphilitic Cachexia. 

3 Ext. sarsae liquidi § ss. 

Acidi nitro-hydrochlor. dil TTt xx. 

Aquae § iv. 

Fiat haustus. To be taken three times a day. 

Mr. Erichsen. 



In Gonorrhoea. 

5 Liq. potassae 3 iiiss. 

Potass, iodidi 3 j. 

Pulv. rhei 3 ij. 

Aquae camphorae % vj. 

Misce. Capiat § j. ter die. Mr. Milton. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 1 37 

VIII. 

TOMC PREPARATIONS 



The following tonic pills are much prescribed at the 
Gynaecological clinic of the Hospital of the University 
of Pennsylvania: 

5 Acid arseniosi ) 

Strychniae sulph ) » • "ST* 

Ext. belladonnae gr. £ 

Cinchonae sulph gr. jss. 

Pil. ferri carb gr. ijss. 

M. Et ft. pil., No. j. 

5 Acid, arseniosi gr. -g^. 

Cinchonae sulph gr. jss. 

Ferri et potass, tart gr. ij. 

M. Et ft. pil., No. j. 

The sulphate of cinchonia in these pills may be ad- 
vantageously substituted by a proportionate dose of 
sulphate of quinia, the former being used simply on 
account of its cheapness. One pill may be given after 
each meal. 



Tonic in Malarial Cachexia. 

IJ Quiniae sulphatis gr. ij. 

Acidi arseniosi gr. -fo. 

Pulv. capsici gr. j. 

Ext. taraxaci q. s. 

To be taken before each meal. 



138 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Where Anaemia is a Prominent Symptom in Malaria. 

fy Ferri et potassae tart , gr. v. 

Liquoris potassii arsenitis m. ij. 

Potassii bicarb gr. x. 

Tr. nucis vomicae TTl v. 

Aquae ad 3 j. 

To be taken in a wineglassful of water before eat- 
ing. /. O. Webster, M.D. 



Tonic. 

5 One rennet washed and chopped 

Sherry wine O.j. 

Macerate for twelve days, decant and fil- 
ter and add 

Acid, muriat. dilut 

Tinct. nucis vomicae aa 3 ij. 

Bismuthi subnit 3 ij. 

M. Sig. — One teaspoonful in a quarter of a tum- 
bler of water before each meal. Dr. T. G. Thomas. 

This is Dr. Thomas' formula for a digestive tonic in 
metritis, and its success commends it to all for the 
treatment of this most frequent malady. 



Pil. Ferri. ftuin. et Strych. 

Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

\ Quinise sulphat 

Ferri redacti aa 3 1 

Strychniae acetat gr. 1 

Ext. gentian q. s. 

Mix. Divide into 60 pills. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 1 39 

Muriatic Acid Mixture. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

5 Acidi muriatici fl. 33 

Tinct. gent, co 

Aquae aa fl. § 8 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 

Ferruginous Aperient. 

5 Magnes. sulph | ij. 

Ferri sulph gr. xxiv. 

Acidi sulph. dil 3 j j. 

Infus. calumbae ad § viij. 

Take two tablespoonfuls every night. 

Dr. Farquharson. 

Mist. Ferri Comp. (XI. S. Pharm.) 
(Griffith's Mixture!) 

5 Ferri sulphat gr. 20 

Potassii carbon gr. 25 

Pulv. myrrhae 

" sacchari aa 3 1 

Spts. lavand. co fl. 3 £ 

Aquae cinnamon, q. s. ad fl. 3 8 

Mix. Dose: 1-2 tablespoonfuls. In preparing this, 
the sulphate of iron, dissolved in \ fl. oz. of the cinna- 
mon water should be added last. The mixture should 
be made fresh when wanted. 



"Smith's Bitters." 

1$ Tinct. cinch, co 

Tinct. gent, co aa fl. § 1 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



I40 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Wine of Iron and Citrate of ftuinidise. 

§. Ferri et quinidiae citr 3 i 

Vini xerici fl. | 2 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. To prevent confusion 
this should always be prescribed by writing the word 
" Quinidize" in full. 



Strychnia Mixture. 
(Hairs Modified) 

§, Strychniae acet gr. 1 

Tr. cardam. co fl. 3 \ 

Alcoholis 

Aquae aa fl. 3 2^ 

Syrupi q. s. ad fl. §4 

M. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



The following tonic formulas are very highly re- 
commended by Dr. Wm. Goodell: 

Basham's iron mixture, with the addition of frac- 
tional doses of strychnia, will be found very admi- 
rable in its effects. There are so many indifferent 
recipes for making this celebrated mixture that I shall 
here give the one which seems to me to be the best: 

§, Tinct. ferri chloridi fl. 3 iij. 

Acid, acetic, diluti fl. § ss. 

Liquor ammoniae acetat fl. § iijss. 

Curacoae 

Syrupi simplicis aa fl. 3 j. 

Aquam. ad fl. | viij 

M. Sig. — One tablespoonful after each meal. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 141 

The following formula makes another very elegant 
and generally useful preparation of iron: 
5 Tinct. ferri chloridi fl. 3 ij. 

Acid, phosphorici diluti fl. 3 iij. 

Spts. limonis fl. 3 j. 

Syrupi simplicis fl. f ijss. 

Aquam, ad fl. § vj. 

M. Sig. — One tablespoonful after each meal. 
The dilute phosphoric acid is added both because 
it is a valuable nerve-tonic and because it has the 
property of disguising the styptic taste of the iron; so 
much so, that children readily take this mixture. 

There are two other tonic preparations which we 
prescribe very frequently in the Hospital of the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, and with capital results. 
One of them is Blaud's pill, which Niemeyer extols so 
very highly. 
5 Pulv. ferri sulphat. exsiccat. . , 

Potass, carb. purae aa 3 ij. 

Syrupi q. s. 

Ut fiat massa dividenda in pilulas, No. xlviij. 
During the first three days one pill is to be taken 
after each meal. On the fourth day four pills are 
taken during the day, on the fifth day five pills, on the 
sixth day six; that is to say, two pills after each meal. 
For three days more six pills are taken daily; then 
the dose is to be increased by one pill daily until 
three pills are taken after each meal. On this final 
dose the patient is kept for three or four weeks, as 
the case maybe. In stubborn cases I have occasion- 
ally run up the dose to the number of five pills thrice 
daily, and have seen no other bad effects from it than 



142 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

a feeling of fulness in the head. This immunity is 
probably owing to the conversion of the iron sulphate 
into a carbonate. 

The other preparation is a valuable alterative tonic, 
for the formula of which I am indebted to my friend 
Dr. A. H. Smith. 
^ Hydrarg. chloridi corrosivi gr. i. — ij. 

Liq. arsenici chloridi fl. f j. 

Tinct. f erri chloridi 

Acid, hydrochloridi dil aa fl. 3 iv. 

Syrupi « fl. f iij. 

Aquam, ad fl. § vj. 

M. Sig. — One dessertspoonful in a wineglassful of 
water after each meal. 

Anaemic and chlorotic patients will fatten and thrive 
wonderfully on this mixture. I call it the Mixture of 
Four Chlorides. It should not be given for a longer 
period than two weeks at a time. 



Wine of Iron and Citrate of Quinine. 

5- Ferri et quiniae cit 3 i 

Vini xerici fl. §2 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



Iron and Citrate of Ammonia. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

3 Ferri et ammon. cit 

Ammonii carbon aa gr. 32 

Syrupi 

Aquae anisi .' aa fl. § 2 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. Dr. J. L. Smith. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. I43 

Lemon Tonic. 
Charity Hospital, BlackwelFs Island, N. Y. 

5 Cinchonae sulph gr. 30 

Acidi sulph. dil q. s. 

Aquae fl. f 1 

Acidi citrici , 3 i 

Syrupi fl. I i-g- 

Tinct. ferri chlor fl. 3 i 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. § 4 

M. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



Iron and Cinchona. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

3 Cinchonae sulph 3 1 

Tinct. ferri chloridi fl. 3 2 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. § 4 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 

Sulphate of Cinchona. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, JV. Y. 

IJ Cinchonae sulph 3 1 

Acidi sulphur, dil q. s. 

Aquae fl. § 4 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 

Iodide Mixture. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

5 Potassii iodidi 3 4 

Syr. ferri iodidi fl. f 1 

Tinct. calumbae q. s. ad fl. § 4 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



144 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Loomis' Tonic. 

5 Quiniae sulphat gr. 30 

Acidi sulph. dil q. s. 

Aquae ft. § 2 

Tinct. f erri chlor fl §•£ 

Spts. chloroformi fl. 3 6 

Glycerinae q. s. ad fl. 1 4 

Dose: a teaspoonful. 



Elixir of Cinchona and Iron. 

IJ Extr. cinchonae fl fl. ^ 1 

Ferri et ammonii citr 32 

Spiritus aurantii (1:10) fl. ^ 1 

Alcoholis fl. 1 4 

Ol. cinnamoni m: 15 

Aquae fl. 1 6 

Syrupi q. s. ad fl. 1 16 

With the oil of cinnamon and water make water of 

cinnamon; dissolve in this the ammonio-citrateof iron; 

add the spir. of orange and the fl. ext. of cinchona. 

Filter, and add enough syrup to make the product 

measure one pint. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



Iron and Quinine. 

]J Quiniae sulph gr. 30 

Acidi sulph. dil . . . q. s. 

Aquae fl. § 2 

Tinct. ferri chlor fl. 3 2 

Dose: a teaspoonful. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. I45 

Wine of Citrate of Iron. 

5 Ferri et ammonii citratis gr. 20 

Vini xerici fl. § 2 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. 



Thomson's Tonic. 
Bellevue Hospital, New York. 

IJ Ferri et ammon, cit 3 1 

Amrrfon. carbonat gr. 30 

Tr. gentian co 

Tr. quassiae aa fl. § 2 

Syrupi fl. § i\ 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. f 8 

Mix. Dose: a dessertspoonful. 

Dr. W. H. Thomson. 



Strychnine Tonic. 
Insane Asylum, BlackwelV s Island, N. Y. 

IJ Tinct. ferri chlor 

Tinct. nucis vom aa m. 10 

Aquae q. s. ad fl. 3 1 

Mix. One dose. To be taken thrice daily, after 
meals. 



146 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

IX. 

EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS. 



For Fissured Nipples. 

§. Liq. ferri subsulphatis 3 ij. 

Glycerini 3 vj. 

M. Sig. — Apply with a camel's hair brush to af- 
fected part. Bartholow. 

In Parasitic Skin Diseases. 

^ Sodii hyposulphitis § iij. 

Acid, sulphurosi dil § ss. 

Aquae q. s. ad f xvj. 

M. Sig. — As a lotion. Dr. Startin. 

OR 

]J Potass, sulphureti § ss. 

Aquae calcis § xvj. 

M. Sig. — As a lotion. Bartholow. 

Chilblains. 

5 Acid, sulphurosi 3 iij. 

Glycerini 3 j. 

Aquae 3 j. 

M. Sig. — As a lotion. Bartholow. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. I47 

Pruritus. 

There are several anti-pruritic powders, which are 
sometimes indispensable. The most important is 
that which is commonly called Anderson's powder. It 
is formed as follows: 

3 Pulv. amyli § j. 

Pulv. camph 3 jss. 

Zinci oxid § ss. 

This must be carefully made, the camphor being 
reduced to an impalpable powder and then thorough- 
ly incorporated with the other ingredients. It may 
be either lightly dusted upon the parts or it may be 
quite copiously rubbed into the meshes of linen lint 
and then applied. The proportions may be altered, 
either by increase or diminution. 

Dr. *R . W. Taylor. 



Ung. Hydr. Ox. Rub. c. Plumbo. 

Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

g, Hydrarg. oxidi rubri 

Plumbi acetat aa gr. 8 

Cerati ..... * § 1 

Mix. Dr. McKay. 



Sulphur Paste. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

g, Sulphuris sublimati f 1 

Athens fl. 3 3 

Glycerinae fl. § 1 

Mix. 



148 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

TJng. Hydrarg. Oxid. Rubri. 

]J Hydrarg. oxid. rubri gr. 60 

Oleo-paraffini (vaseline) ' § 1 

Mix. 



In Parasitic Skin Diseases. 

5 Hydrarg. chlor. cor .gr. iv. 

Alcohol = 3 vj. 

Ammon. muriat 3 ss. 

Aquae rosae q. s. ad § vj. 

M. Sig. — As a lotion. Tilbury Fox. 

Glue Burn Mixture. 

# White glue § 7^ 

Water, cold O.j. 

Glycerin fl. f 1 

Carbolic acid fl. 3 2 

Soak the glue until it is soft; then heat on water 
bath until melted; add the glycerin and carbolic acid, 
and continue heating until in the intervals of stirring 
a glossy strong skin begins to form over the surface. 
When wanted for use, heat on water bath until 
melted, and apply with a flat brush over the burned 
part. 



Ung. Picis Alkalinum. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital^ N. Y. 

ty Liquoris picis alkalini fl. 3 1 

Cerati § 1 

Mix. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 1 49 

60a Ointment. 
^ Pulv. araroboe (Goa powder). . .gr. 50 to 200 

Oleo-paraffini (vaseline) gr. 500 

Melt the vaseline on a water bath, add the Goa 
powder, stir and heat for about ten minutes; then 
strain quickly into a capsule standing on ice, and stir 
briskly until cold. 



In the Pruritus of Pregnancy. 

§, Thymol gr. xv. 

Vaseline gr. xxx. 

Powdered brick clay § iij. 

Dissolve the thymol in the vaseline and rub it up 
with the clay. Prof. Montrose A. Pallen, M.D. 

This is to be applied to the pruritic parts, washed 
off every day or two and re-applied. 

Dr. Pallen's experience has been, that excepting 
those cases depending on trophic nerve causes, this 
prescription will always effect a cure. He advises its 
use also in herpes and similar eruptions accompanying 
the later months of gestation. 



Bleeding Hemorrhoids. 

5 Pulv. aluminis 3 ij. 

Pulv. camphorae 

Pulv. opii aa 3 j 

Unguent § j 

M. Sig. — Ointment. Bartholow. 

When the hemorrhoids protrude, bleed, and are 
painful, the above will be found a soothing and as- 
tringent application. 



I50 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Emplastrum Capsicum. 
(McCready's Plaster.) 
Spread adhesive plaster with oleo resina capsici, 
leaving, however, a narrow margin all around free. 

Dr. B. W. McCready. 

Lotion for Iritis. 

3 Morphiae sulph gr. iv. 

Zinci sulph gr. Hi. 

Atropiae sulph gr. ii. 

Aquae destillat § j. 

M. Sig. — As a lotion. Dr. Bartholow. 

Sore Nipples. 

IJ, Aquae rosae 

Glycerine aa § ij. 

Acidi tannici « . 3 ij. 

Ft. lotion. % 

Sig. — Soak lint in this solution and apply to nipples. 

Dr. Barker. 

If the ulcerative process has commenced, it is advis- 
able to stop nursing and paint the nipple with a solu- 
tion of nitrate of silver, io gr. to the § of distilled 
water. 



As a Haemostatic. 

I£ Acidi tannici 3 j. 

Aluminis 3 ij. 

Aq. rosae § iij. 

M. Sig. — For external use as a haemostatic. 

Dr. Mouse/. 



. FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 151 

Pruritus Vulvae. 

R Sodii hyposulphitis 3 iv. 

Giycerini 3 i j - 

Aquae destillar ad § vj. 

M. Sig. — As a lotion. Pax. 

This simple combination has proved very effective 
that troublesome and annoying malady, pruritus 
vulvae and also in tinea versicolor. 



In Amenorrhea from Anaemia and in Chlorosis. 

§ Pulv. ferri sulph 

Potass, carb. purae aa 3 ij. 

Mucil. tragacan q. s. 

M. Div. in pil. Xo. 48. 

Sig. — To be given daily in doses gradually increas- 
ing until three pills are taken after each meal. 

To counteract the costive effect of the sulphate of 
iron in this, we may give: 

3 Pulv. glycerrhizae rad 

Pulv. sennae aa § ss. 

Sulph. sublim 

Pulv. fceniculi aa 3 ij. 

Sacchar. purif \ 

Sig. — Teaspoonful in half a cupful of water at bed- 
time. 

Where thre disease is due to torpidity of the ovaries, 
the following may be used with advantage: 

3 Ext. aloes 3 j. 

Ferri sulph. exsiccat 3 ij. 

Assafoetida ... 3 iv. 

Sig. — One pill after each meal, this number to be 



152 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

increased gradually to two or three after each meal. 
If bowels are over-active, return to the initial dose of 
one pill. 

The above formulae are those used in the Hospital 
of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and 
have been proven by thorough trial to be most effi- 
cient. 



In Inflammation of the Nipples. 

3 Ernplastri plumbi 3 ij. 

iEtheris sulphurici 3 ss. 

Collodion flexile § j. 

M. Sig. — Powder the lead plaster, add the ether 
and mix them well together before adding the collo- 
dion. It makes a creamy mixture, and is to be ap- 
plied with a brush over every portion of the careful- 
ly dried nipples, with the exception of the openings of 
the milk ducts. Dr. Albert H. Smith. 

This formula is highly commended by Dr. Smith as 
a protective application. 



Dr. R. W. Taylor's Lotion. 

Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N, Y. 

^ Sulphuris sublimati 3 3 

Spts. camphorae fl. 3 2 

Sodii biboratis 3 1 

Glycerinse fl. 33 

Aquae § 6 

Mix, 

K 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. I 53 

Conjunctivitis. 

IJ Zinci sulphat gr. ij.-viij. 

Morphiae sulphat gr. ij.-iv. 

Atropiae sulphat gr. ss.-j. 

Aquae rosae 3 j. 

M. Sig. — For the eye. Dr. Bartholow. 



To Destroy the Odor of Foul Breath, the Smell of the 
Axilla, and the Fetor of the Sweat of the Feet. 

5 Potass, permangan . . .gr. vj. 

Aquae 3 vj. 

Sig. — Apply frequently. 

It is a fact too little appreciated by physicians that 
success in practice often depends more on attending 
to some such trivial affection as the above, than on the 
successful management of a complicated medical or 
surgical case. 

Carson's Paint. 
Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

# Olei tiglii ft. 3 i 

iEtheris fl. 3 1 

Tinct. fodinii co fl. 3 z\ 

M. Counter irritant and vesicant in pleurisy, etc. 

Local Application for Chilblains. 

IJ Acid carbol 3 i. 

Tinct. iodinii 3 ij. 

Acid tannici 3 ii. 

Cerat. simplicis f iv. 

M. Sig. — Ointment. Dr. Bartholow. 



1 54 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Eczema. 

5 Liq. plumb, subacetat § j. 

Glycerini , | ss. 

Cherry laurel water § iijss. 

Sig. — Lotion. Dr. Bartholow. 

This will be found to be very serviceable in eczema, 
characterized by great heat and redness and excessive 
discharge. 

Facial Erysipelas, 

g, Quiniae sulph 3 ss. 

Belladonna ext gr. iij. 

M. Ft. pil. No. x. 

Sig. — One every six hours. Dr. Bartholow. 



Croton Oil Liniment. 
Ninety-ninth Street Reception Hospital, New York. 

# Olei tiglii fl.32 

Olei olivae 

Olei terebinthinae 

Aquae ammoniac 

Spiritus camphorae aa p. e. q. s. ad fl. § 2 

Mix. Sig. — Externally in chronic muscular pains. 

TJng. Diachylon Hebrse. 

fy Emplast. plumbi 55 

Olei olivae fl. § 4 

" lavandulae. fl 3 1 

Melt the lead-plaster and olive oil together at a 
gentle heat; then stir until the mixture begins to stif- 
fen, and incorporate with it the oil of lavender. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. I 5 5 

TJng. Acidi Chrysophanici. 

5 Acidi chrysophanici gr. 20 

Oleo-paraffini (vaseline) gr. 190 

Melt the vaseline on a water-bath, add the acid, stir 
and heat for about ten minutes; then strain quickly 
through muslin into a capsule standing on ice, and 
stir briskly until cold. 



Buck's Burn Mixture. 

J£ Pulv. tragacanthae | 2 

Pulv. acaciae § 4 

Syrupi f usci 

Aquae bullientis aa 1 

Mix, 



Lotion for Syphilitic Eruptions. 

5 Hydrarg. chlor. cor gr. iv» 

Acid, nitric, dil 3 j. 

Acid, hydrocyanici dil 3 j. 

Glycerini 3 ij. 

Aquae 3 viij. 

M. Sig. — Use as a lotion. Dr. Startitu 



Carron Oil. 

(Lime Liniment. Linimentum Calcis, U. S. Ph.) 

5 Olei lini 37 

Aquae calcis , fl. § 8 

Mix, 



156 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Lotion in Acute Eczema. 

5 Potass, bicarbonat. 3 ss. 

Aquae Oj. 

Use as a lotion. Farquharson. 

As a Depilatory. 

5 Quicklime § ss. 

Yellow sulphide of arsenic gr. xx. 

Starch gr. clxxx. 

M. Sig. — Apply as a paste. Bartholow. 

A preparation of this kind is probably such a one as 
that used by the Egyptian women to remove the hair 
from their pubes. 

Lotion in Acne. 

§, Hydrarg. chlor. cor $ j 4 

Glycerini § ss. 

Spts. vini. rect § viij. 

Spts. rosemar 3 iv. 

M. Sig. — Use as a lotion. Bartholow. 

Acne Indurata. 

IJ, Hydrarg. iod. rubri gr. v. 

Adipis § j. 

M. Sig. — As an ointment. Bartholow. 

♦ 

For Sore Hippies. 

5, Plumbi nitrat gr. x-xx. 

Glycerine § j 

Sig. — Rub on the affected part. 

Dr. Fordyce Barker. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 1 57 

5 Aquae rosae § iijss. 

Liq. plumb, subacetat dil § ss 

Ext. opii. aq 3 j. 

Sig. — Use as a lotion, wetting linen in this and cov- 
ering the breast with two thicknesses of it, having 
previously applied a bread and milk poultice to the 
breast 

This is recommended by Dr. Barker in inflamed 
nipples. 



For Freckles, Sunburn, and Tan. 

5 Potass, carbonat , . . , • 3 iij. 

Sodii chloridi 3 ij. 

Aquae rosae f viij. 

Aquae aiirantii flor I § ij. 

M. Sig. — Lotion. Bartholow. 

In Itch, Impetigo, etc. 

§, Creasoti 3 ss. 

Aquae destil Oj. 

Fiat lotio. Dr. Dunglison. 

To Prevent and Cure Chilblains. 

5 Cupri sulphatis 3 ss. 

Aquae destil f § 3. 

Fiat lotio, 

To be applied with a camel-hair pencil to the part 
affected; when dry, smear the part with spermaceti 
ointment. Repeat the application for two or three 
d*vs, till the skin appears to be affectedo 

Dr. Graves. 



158 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Sloughing Phagedena. 

g, Cupri sulph gr. j. 

Ext. opii gr. v. 

Aquae § j. 

Fiat lotio. Mr. Erichsen. 

In Impetigo or Acne. 

5 Acidi carbolici gr. x. 

Glycerini 

Aquae rosae aa 3 j. 

Fiat lotio- Dr. Headland. 

In Ringworm. 

$ Thymol 3 ). 

Adip. praep § j. 

Ft. unguentum. Mr. Balmanno Squire. 

In Pruritus Ani. 

5 Acidi carbolici gr. vj. 

Aquae § j. 

Fiat lotio. Mr. Christopher Heath. 

In Scabies. 

5 Sulph praecipitati gr. xxx. 

Ol. santal. flav TTl ij. 

Adipis praeparati % j. 

Fiat unguentum. D. R. Liveing. 

For Bedsores. 

IJ Hydrarg. perchlor gr. ij. 

Sp. rectificat § j. 

Fiat lotio. Mr. Erichsen. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 1 59 

For Sore Nipples. 

5 Hydrarg. subchlor gr. xxx. 

Magnesiae carb 3 j. 

Ung. rosae § j. 

Fiat unguentum. Dr. Fordyce Barker. 

In External Files. 

1$ Ung. zinci § j. 

Liq. plumbi subacet 

Liq. opii sedat ana 3 ss. 

Misce. Fiat unguentum, bis in die parti affectae ap- 
plicandum. Mr. Coulson. 

In Prurigo Senilis. 

]$. Ol. staphisagriae 3 j. 

Adipis praep § j. 

Fiat unguentunio Mr. Baltnanno Squire. 

In Obstinate Acne. 

IJ Hydrarg. oxidi rubri 

Hydrarg. ammoniati ana gn v. 

Adipis praep § j . 

Fiat unguentum. Dr. Tilbury Fox. 

In Ringworm. 

$ Thymol 3 ss. 

Etheris 3 v. 

Sp. rectif 3 iiss. 

M. To be used as a wash every morning, and fol- 
lowed by an application of glycerine and perchloride 
of mercury. Mr. Malcolm Morris. 



l6o FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Anaesthetic Application. 

5 Aconitiae gr. j. 

Sp. rectif 3 j. 

Aquae destil 3 ix. 

Solve aconitiam in spiritu, dein adde aquam, et 
cola. 

Adde, glycerini 3 ij. 

Olei bergamotae TH, v. 

M. Fiat lotio. 

The solution in spirit and water forms Liquor Aco- 
nitice, which may be prescribed internally in minute 
doses in acute rheumatism. With the glycerine, etc., 
a lotion is formed, which will rapidly produce numb- 
ness if rubbed on the painful part in a quantity of 
about 3 ss. at a time. Dr. Headland. 



Sensitive Ulcers of the Rectum. 

5 Chloroform f 3 j. 

Zinci oxidi 3 ss. 

Ol. olivae 3 j. 

Cerati cetacei 3 iv. 

Misce. Fiat unguentum. Mr. Curling. 



In Eczema, Herpes, and Simple Excoriations. 

E Pulv. sabinae 

Pulv. aeruginis, ana partes aequales 

^iat pulvis. To N be dusted over the part affected. 

Mr. Acton. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. l6l 

In Acne Between Menstrual Periods. 

5 Sulphuris 3 j. 

Glycerini § j. 

Aquae rosae % x. 

Misce. Fiat lotio. Dr. Ringer. 

To Prevent Pitting in Vaccinia. 

It has been recommended to touch each pustule 
with nitrate of silver or camphor, or to bathe the face 
with a solution of four scruples of nitrate of silver to 
1 j. water. A mercurial plaster formed of 

Ung. hydrarg 25 parts. 

Yellow wax 10 " 

Black pitch 6 " 

has a good effect. Dr. Aitken gives this as the formula 
used at the Children's Hospital in Paris. According 
to Guersant, four or five days are sufficient for the 
application to prevent pitting. 

Carron oil is a good application till the scabs begin 
to loosen; they should always be removed when dry, 
or they stain the skin permanently. Mr. Marson rec- 
ommends cold cream and oxide of zinc, or if the dis- 
charge be thin and excoriating, calamine mixed with 
olive oil. Dr. W. Stokes uses light poultices over the 
face or a mask of lint soaked in glycerine and water 
and covered with a further mask of oiled silk. 

E. Ellis. 



l62 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

X. 

COD LIVER OIL PREPARATIONS. 



Cod Liver Oil Emulsion. 

§, Olei morrhuae .... partes 28 

Glyconini* partes 9 

Spts. ammon. arom partes 1 

Vini xerici partes 20 

Spts. amygdal. amar .partes 2 

Mix. All to be taken by weight. Dose: a table- 
spoonful. 

Phosphorated Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil. 

5 Olei morrhuae partes 20 

Olei phosphorati (1 per cent) partes 2 

Glyconini partes 7 

Spt. ammon. arom partes 1 

Syrupi partes 10 

Acidi phosphor, dil .partes 4 

Spts. amygdal. amar partes 2 

* Glyconinum, or Glyceritum Vile Hi. 

If Vitellorum ovorum. partes 4 

Glycerinae partes 5 

Beat or whip the yolks of the eggs, which must be fresh, in the 
usual manner, pour the liquid into a bottle, add the glycerine, and 
shake them well together. One pint of cod liver oil requires about 
4 fl. oz. of glyconin to emulsionize it. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 163 

All by weight. Put the glyconin into a mortar and 
add the oils to it in very small quantity at a time, 
triturating the mixture actively and constantly. Then 
add the other ingredients in the order in which they 
are named. Dose: a tablespoonful. 



Phosphorated Cod Liver Oil. 

Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

5 Olei phosphorati * (1 per cent) gr. 100 

^Etheris fl. 3 2 

Olei morrhuae q. s. ad fl. § 16 

Mix. Two hundred and thirty-three minims, or 
practically ^ fl. § , contain -^ grain of phosphorus. 
The phosphorated oil should be weighed, not meas- 
ured. 

* Oleum Phosphoratum. 

^ Phosphori gr. I 

Olei morrhuae gr. 99 

This is a 1 per cent solution of phosphorus in cod liver oil, pro- 
posed by Dr. E. R. Squibb. It is made with the utmost care, and 
contains the full amount of phosphorus. If only a portion of 
the contents is to be used, a few drops of ether should be poured 
into the vial, before it is again corked and sealed. If a fine film 
should form on the surface or at the bottom, the oil must be poured 
out, so as to leave this in the vial. Should this film increase, or 
much of a precipitate make its appearance, a fresh bottle should 
be used. 

It is best to add the whole contents of a bottle at once to suffi- 
cient cod liver oil to be ready for administration. The latter may 
be kept on hand in full and well closed bottles, which are to be 
kept in the dark. 

When using the phosphorated oil it should always be taken by 
weight. 



1 64 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Agreeable Form of Taking Cod Liver Oil, for Children. 

§, Olei morrhuae § ss, 

Mucilag. acaciae § ij. 

Sacchari 3 ij. 

Tinct. lavand. comp Til xx. 

Aquae % ss. 

Dose: a teaspoonful. Farquharson. 

Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Lime. 

# Olei morrhuae fl. 1 2 

Aquae calcis fl. § \ 

Syr. calcis lactophosph fl. | i^- 

Mix. Dose: a teaspoonful. Dr. Bos/ey. 

Cod Liver Oil Mixture. 

Outdoor Department of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. 

IJ, Olei morrhuae fl, f 16 

Liquor potassae fl. 3 2 

Mellis fl. I 3 

Pulv. acaciae f i 

Ol. anisi gtt. 20 

Ol. menthae vir gtt. 18 

Mix. Dose: a tablespoonful. Dr. Winston. 

Cod Liver Oil Emulsion. 
Charity Hospital, BlackwelVs Island, N. Y. 

IJ Olei morrhuae 

Aquae calcis aa fl. § 8 

Olei cinnamomi .gtt. 10 

Mix. Dose: a tablespoonful. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 165 

XI. 

MISCELLANEOUS PRESCRIPTIONS. 



Solution Ergotini 

Charity Hospital, BlackwelV s Island, JV. K 
(Ergotin solution for hypodermic use.) 

3 Ergotini gr. 36 

Glycerinae 

Aquae aa m. 108 

Mix, 

Liquor Chloroform Co. 
(B. Squire's Formula for " Chlorodyne.") 

IJ, Chloroformi purif fl. §4 

Athens fort fl. 1 1 

Alcoholis fort fl. § 4 

Sy rupi f usci fl. §4 

Extr. glycyrrh. pulv | 2\ 

Morphiae hydrochlorat gr. 8 

Ol. menthae piper , m. 16 

Acid hydrocyan. dil (2 per cent) fl. ^2 

Syrupi fl. | 17^ 

Dissolve the morphia and oil of peppermint in the 
alcohol; mix the chloroform and ether with this solu- 
tion. Mix the liquorice with the syrup and add the 
molasses. Shake these mixtures well together, lastly 



1 66 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

add the hydrocyanic acid, and again shake well. 
Dose: 10 to 20 drops. Always shake the mixture be- 
fore using. 



Formulae for Hypodermic Administration of Quinine. 

^ ^Quiniae sulphat 3 j. 

. Morphiae sulphat gr. ss. 

Acid, sulphur, dil m. xl. 

Aquae destillatae § j» 

M. Filter. 

Sig. — Sixty minims contain seven and a half grains. 

Bartholow. 



IJ Quiniae bisulphat gr. 50 

Acid, sulphur, dil TT[ 100 

Aquae font § j. 

Acid, carbol. liq TTJ, v. 

Solve. 

The quinine is dissolved by the aid of heat and after 
filtration the carbolic acid is added. 



Lente's Solution of Quinia. 

5 Quiniae sulphat gr. 80 

Aquae fl. 1 1 

Acid, sulphur, dil q. S. 

Heat to boiling and add: 

Acidi carbolici gr. 5 

For hypodermic use. Dr. F. D. Lente. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 167 

Cystitis. 

IJ, Acidi benzoici 

Sodii biboratis aa gr. x. 

Inf. buchu I ij. 

This amount three or four times a day. 

Dr. A. J. C. Skene. 
This may almost be called specific in its influence 
in the earlier stages of cystitis, affording rapid and 
lasting relief. The diet should be carefully regulated, 
and the skin and bowels kept in active condition. 



As an Aphrodisiac. 

5 Ergotin (aq. ext.) 3 j. 

Sanguinariae gr. ij. 

Ft. pil. No. xx. M. Sig. — One three times a day. 

Or the following: 

5 Tinct. sanguinariae 3 iij - 

Ext. stillingiae fl 3 v. 

M. Sig. — Fifteen to twenty drops in water three 
times a day. Dr. Bartholow. 

Impotence with Spermatorrhea. 

IJ, Tinct. canthar gtt. vj. 

Tinct. ferri chlor .' gtt. xv-xx. 

Sig. — Thrice daily in water. Dr. H. C. Wood. 

This prescription has been found to cure the above 
condition so speedily as to commend itself to the use 
of all medical men in the treatment of these cases. 



I 



1 68 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Treatment of Seminal Emissions. 

Bumstead gives the following prescription for its 
special tonic effect upon the genital organs: 

5 Tr. f erri chloridi § iii. 

Ext. ergot, fid. (Squibb 's) § iii. 

M. Et. sig. — A teaspoonful in water after each 
meal. 

As a direct means of diminishing the frequency of 
the emissions, B. recommends: 

IJ Potass, bromidi | i. 

Tr. f erri chloridi | i. 

Aquae f iii. 

M. Et. sig. — From one to two teaspoonfuls in 

water, after each meal, and at bedtime. 

The avoidance of tobacco in all its forms, cleanli- 
ness of mind and body, laxatives when needed, and, in 
a word, attention to the rules of hygiene, are to be 
strictly enjoined. 



Elixir Chloroformi Compositus. 

Prof. W. F. McNutt has been in the habit for sev- 
eral years of prescribing Collis Browne's chlorodyne 
in certain cases of asthma, colic, diarrhoea, neuralgia, 
rheumatism, hysteria, etc. He states that it has sel- 
dom failed to be of some benefit, and has often acted 
like a charm; in fact, it is a most excellent and reli- 
able anodyne, anti-spasmodic and sedative. 

On account of several objections to its use, I have, 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 169 

after a great deal of experimentation, adopted the fol- 
lowing formula as a substitute for chlorodyne, viz: 
IJ, Morph. mur gr. £ 

Chloral hyd 

Chloroform . . .aa3 ss. 

Tinct. cannab. ind 

Tinct. capsici 

Acid, hydrocyan. dil aa m. xx. 

Spt. menth. pip TT[ x. 

Syr. sassafras co. ad f j. 

Dose: 3 j. 



This I have named Elixir Chloroformi Compositus, 
and can heartily recommend it to those who have been 
in the habit of using chlorodyne. To those who have 
never used chlorodyne, I may say that they will find 
elix. chlorof. comp. a most efficient remedy for many 
purposes' and under many circumstances; for instance, 
in whooping-cough, asthma, emphysema, cough of 
many phthisical patients, in many cases of hysteria, 
and especially in many cases of dysmenorrhoea, it cer- 
tainly has no equal. Given as an anodyne, it seldom 
produces headache or disturbance of the digestion, as 
does morphine; or depresses the heart's action, as 
does hydrate of chloral. In diarrhoea accompanied 
with tormina, in teaspoonful doses repeated every 
two or three hours, it generally acts quickly and sat- 
isfactorily. 

In many cases of diarrhoea in children, a few drops 
of the elixir, together with a few drops of castor oil 
and vini ipecac, in syrup of acacia, make a most 
efficient remedy. Prof. W. F. McNutt. 



170 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Elixir Simplex., 

5 Spiritus aurantii (1 in 10) fl. 3 2 

" cinnamomi (1 in 10) TTJ, 10 

Alcoholis fl. 1 6 

Syrupi fl. 1 6 

Aquae fl. | 6 

This Elixir may be made the vehicle of various 
remedies which have an unpleasant taste, or are oth- 
erwise not readily taken. This form of administra- 
tion, however, should be used very sparingly and judi- 
ciously to prevent patients acquiring a taste for 
"cordials" and alcoholic beverages, generally. 

Pulvis Morphiae Co. — (Tully's Powder.) 

§, Morphiae sulph , gr. 1 

Camphorae 

Pulv. glycyrrhizae 

Calcii carbonat aa gr. 20 

Mix. 10 grains contain \ grain of morphia sul- 
phate. This formula is taken from Dr. Tully's Ma- 
teria Medica. '(Springfield, 1858, vol. 1, page 153.) 



Chronic Alcoholism. 

§, Zinci oxidi 3 j. 

Piperin 3 j. 

Ft. pil. No. xx. 

M. Sig. — One pill three or four times a day. 

Dr. Bartholow has found that this will relieve the 
gastric catarrh and trembling, and diminish the crav- 
ing for strong drink in this condition. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 171 

Emetic in Narcotic Poisoning. 

5 Cupri sulphat gr. vj. 

Aquae destillat 3 ij. 

M. Sig. — A tablespoonful every fifteen minutes till 
vomiting ensues. Bartholow. 

In Internal Piles. 

IJ Tinct. f erri perchlor , . . HI x. 

Aquae 3 j. 

Fiat injectio. Mr. Erichsen. 

In Fissure or Ulcer of Anus, 

IJ, Ext. belladonnae 

Plumbi acet aa gr. ij. 

Tannin gr. iv. 

Sevi praep , q. s. 

Fiat suppositorium. Mr. Erichsen, 

In Indurated Glands Following Scarlet Fever. 
IJ Calcii sulphid gr. j. 

Sacchar. lactis gr. x. 

Misce. Fiat pul. x. One powder every hour or 
two. Dr. S. Ringer. 

In Eczema. 

IJ Syr. tolu 

Vini ferri aa 5 ss. 

Liq. arsenicalis V\ xij. 

Aquae anethi -. . . . . 3 j. 

Misce. A teaspoonful thrice daily, directly after 
food — for a child two years old. 

Sir Erasmus Wilson, 



172 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Scrofulous and Tuberculous Glands. 

$ Calcii sulphid gr. j. 

Aquae § x. 

Misce. A teaspoonful every hour. 

Dr. S. Ringer. 
t 

In Chronic Eczema of the Aged. 

IJ, Inf. cinchonae f § vj. 

Liq. calcis f § ixss. 

Tinct. lupuli 

Succi conii ana f 3 ij. 

Misce. A wineglassful three times a day. 

Dr. Neligan. 

In Irritable Bladder, with Alkaline Urine. 

§, Acidi nitrici dil f 3 j. 

Acidi hydrochlor. dil f 3 ss. 

Aquae destil f § viij. 

Misce. Sumat cochl. ij. ter die. Mr. Coulson. 

In Acne with Plethora. 

$ Magnes. sulph 3 ss. 

Acid, sulph. aromat itl xx. 

Ferri sulph gr. iij. 

Quiniae sulph gr. j. 

Vini colchici ity x. 

Syr. zingiberis 3 j. 

Aquae f j. 

Fiat haustus. To be taken twice or thrice a day, 
with an aperient pill if needed. Dr. Tilbury Fox. 



FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 1 73 

In Chronic Skin Diseases, Etc. 

5 Sodae arseniatis gr. ij. 

Aquae destil. q. s. Solve, et adder 

Guaiaci pulv 3 ss. 

Antim. sulphurati 3 j. 

Mucil. acaciae. * q. s 

Misce caute et div. in pil. xxiv. Sir E. Wilson. 

1 

In Retention of Urine. 

IJ, Magnes. sulph gr. xxx. 

Potass, bicarb gr. xx. 

Potass, nitratis gr. x. 

Aquae §.j. 

Misce. Fiat haustus. Sir James Paget 



In Simple Erysipelas. 

5 Tinct. ferri perchlor TTl xx. 

Aquae 1 j. 

Fiat haustus. To be given every third or fourth 
hour. Mr, Erichsen 



In Hemorrhages. 

i Ergotin gr. iij. 

Sp. rectificat 

Glycerini ana TT[ ij. 

Fiat injectio. For subcutaneous injection. 

Langenbeck* 



174 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. 

In Oxaluria, with Debility and Irritability. 

I£ Acidi nitrici dil. .-.-.■ 

Acidi hydrochlor. dil ana H[ v. 

Inf. serpentariae § j. 

Fiat haustus ter die sumendus. Dr. G. Bird. 



Anaphrodisiac. 

IJ, Camphorae 

Ext. latucae ana 3 iiss. 

Misce. Fiant pil. xx. From four to six pills to be 
taken daily. M. Ricord. 



INDEX. 



Abdomen, painful affections of, ioo 

Acne, 158 

Acne, 156 

Acne indurata, 156 

Acne, inter-menstrual, 161 

Acne, obstinate, 159 

Acne with plethora, 172 

Acute bronchial catarrh, 36 

Acute bronchitis, 14 

Acute bronchitis, 34 

Acute bronchitis, 36 

Acute bronchitis in children, 103 

Acute catarrh, 19 

Acute catarrh, 11 

Acute catarrhal bronchitis, 29 

Acute congestion of larynx, 33 

Acute congestion of pharynx, 33 

Acute coryza, 12 

Acute dysentery, 39 

Acute dysentery, 45 

Acute eczema, 156 

Acute fever, 124 

Acute pleurisy, 30 



176 INDEX 1 . 



Acute pleuritis, 18 

Acute rheumatism, 124 

Alcoholism, chronic, 170 

Alkali for nursing children, 105 

Alkaline urine, 172 

Aloes mixture, compound, 41 

Amenorrhcea from anaemia, 151 

Amenorrhoea from chlorosis, 151 

Amenorrhcea from uterine atony, 99 

Amenorrhcea with anaemia, 94 

Ammonia carbonate, 22, 23 

Amygdalitis, 34 

Anaemia, amenorrhoea from, 151 

Anaemia and amenorrhoea, 94 

Anaemia in malaria, 138 

Anaemia of chlorosis, 98 

Anaemia of malaria, 124 

Anaemic headache, 89 

Anaphrodisiac, 174 

Anaesthetic application, 160 

Anaesthetic in labor, 101 

Angina pectoris, 31 

Anorexia, 52 

Anthelmintic, 56 

Anthelmintic, 107 

Anti-epileptic, 63 

Anti-emetic mixture, 43 

Anti-epileptic pill, 64 

Anti-rheumatic, 127, 128 

Anti-rheumatic in pericarditis, 31 

Anti-rheumatic pills, 120 

Anus, fissure of, 171 



INDEX. 177 



Anus, pruritus of, 158 

Anus, ulcer of, 171 

Aperient, ferruginous, 139 

Aperient for children, 117 

Aperient in gout, 131 

Aperient pills, 48 

Aphrodisiac, 167 

Aphthae, 36 

Aphthae of phthisis, 14 

Application in rheumatic pain, 120 

Ascaris lumbricoides, 107 

Ascaris vermicularis, 107 

Asthenic inflammatory fever, 130 

Asthma, 13 

Asthma, 10 

Asthma, 22 

Asthma, hay, 13 

Asthma, hay, 12 

Asthmatic fits of emphysema, 9 

Asthmatic paroxysm, 10 

Asthma, spasmodic, 11 

Atonic dyspepsia, 56 

Axilla, odors from, 153 

Barker's post-partum pills, 98 

Bedsores, 158 

Bell's gargle, 17 

Bismuth and Dover's powders, 50 

Bitters, Smith's, 139 

Bladder, irritable, 172 

Bleeding, 15 

Bleeding, 173 

Bleeding haemorrhoids, 149 






1/8 INDEX. 

Breast, painful affections of, ioo 

Breath, foul, 153 

Bronchial catarrh, 10 

Bronchial catarrh, 30 

Bronchitis, 30 

Bronchitis, 10 

Bronchitis, 22 

Bronchitis, acute, 36 

Bronchitis, acute,, 34 

Bronchitis, acute, 14 

Bronchitis, acute catarrhal, 29 

Bronchitis, catarrhal, of children, 105 

Bronchitis, chronic, 13 

Bronchitis, chronic, 13 

Bronchitis in children, 108 

Bronchitis, acute, in children, 103 

Bronchocele, 34 

Brown mixture, 23 

Brown-Sequard's neuralgic pills, 68 

Burns, 155 

Burns, glue mixture for, 148 

Cachexia of chronic rheumatism, 129 

Cachexia, syphilitic, 133 

Cachexia, syphilitic, 136 

Cannabis mixture, 65 

Cancrum oris, 32 

Carbonate of ammonia mixture, 22, 23 

Cardiac debility, 32 

Cardiac debility, 31 

Cardiac debility, 34 

Cardiac debility, 33 

Cardiac debility, 33 



INDEX. 179 

Cardiac debility, with scanty urine, 17 

Cardiac disease, 16 

Cardiac disease, 32 

Cardiac disease, 33 

Cardiac disease, dyspnoea of, 29 

Cardiac hypertrophy, without valvular lesion, 18 

Cardiac weakness and dilatation, 16 

Carron oil, 155 

Caseous pneumonia, 20 

Castor oil mixture, 43 

Catarrh, acute, 19 

Catarrh, acute, 11 

Catarrh, acute bronchial, 36 

Catarrh, bronchial, 30 

Catarrh, gastric, 38 

Catarrh, summer, 13 

Catarrh, summer, 12 

Cerebral congestion, 63 

Cervicitis, chronic, 94 

Cervix uteri, ulceration of, 101 

Cirrhosis, first stages of, 41 

Change of life, laxative in, 102 

Chilblains, 157 

Chilblains, 153 

Chilblains, 146 \ 

Children, acute bronchitis in, 103 

Children, aperient for, 117 

Children, bronchitis in, 108 

Children, chronic diarrhoea of, 113 

Children, diarrhoea in, 103 

Children, febrile cough of, 117 

Children, irritable stomach of, 115 



l8o INDEX. 

Children, itch in, 113 

Children, nocturnal incontinence of, 104 

Children, nursing, alkali for, 105 

Children, porrigo in, 116 

Children, scabies in, 113 

Children, summer diarrhoea in, 104 

Children, vomiting of, 115 

Chlorosis, 99 

Chlorosis, anaemia of, 98 

Chlorosis, amenorrhoea from, 151 

Cholera infantum, 106 

Cholera mixture, Squibb's, 47 

Cholera morbus, 39 

Chorea, 116 

Chorea, 65 

Chorea, 61 

Chordee, 135 

Chronic alcoholism, 170 

Chronic bronchitis, 13 ' 

Chronic bronchitis, 13 

Chronic cervical endometritis, 93 

Chronic cervicitis, 94 

Chronic diarrhoea, 40 

Chronic diarrhoea, 58 

Chronic diarrhoea, 108 

Chronic dysentery, 53 

Chronic dysentery, 45 

Chronic dysentery, 58 

Chronic eczema of aged, 172 

Chrbnic gastric catarrh, 53 

Chronic leucorrhoea, 94 

Chronic malaria, 121 



INDEX. iSl 



Chronic muscular pains, 15*4 

Chronic nephritis, 46 

Chronic phthisis, 11 

Chronic pleurisy, 33 

Chronic rheumatism, 129 

Chronic rheumatism, 122 

Chronic skin diseases, 173 

Chronic throat affections, 12 

Chrysophanic acid ointment, 155 

Climacteric, menorrhagia of, 98 

Climacteric, metrorrhagia of, 99 

Cod-liver oil, 162 

Cod-liver oil emulsion, 162 

Cod-liver oil for*children, 164 

Cod-liver oil mixture, 164 

Cold, 20 

Colic, 58 

Colic, flatulent, 55 

Colic, lead, 37 

Compound aloes mixture, 41 

Compound liquorice mixture, 23 

Compound rhubarb mixture, 44 

Compound syrup of hypophosphites, 66 

Congestion, acute, of larynx, 33 

Congestion, acute, of pharynx, 33 

Congestion, cerebral, 63 

Congestive dysmenorrhoea, 93 

Congestion, laryngeal, stimulant in, 36 

Congestive headache, 88 

Conjunctivitis, 153 

Constipation, 40 

Constipation, 57 



1 82 INDEX. 

Constipation, habitual, 39 

Constipation, pil. aloes et fellis, 48 

Consumptive cough, 32 

Continued fever, 119 

Conium mixture for epilepsy, 67 

Convulsions, infantile, 106 

Coryza, 20 

Coryza, acute, 12 

Cough, 21 

Cough, consumptive, 32 

Cough, febrile, of children, 117 

Cough of infants, 105 

Cough, spasmodic, 32 

Cough, whooping, 15 

Counter-irritant in pleurisy, 28 

Croup, dipheritic, 9 

Croup, stimulant in, 116 

Cystitis, 167 

Debility, 52 

Debility, cardiac, 32 

Debility, cardiac, 31 

Debility, cardiac, ^^, 34 

Debility, cardiac, ^ 

Debility, cardiac, with scanty urine, 17 

Delirium, 64 

Delirium of children, 107 

Delirium of fever, 64 

Delirium of typhoid, 119 

Delirium of typhus, 128 

Depilatory, 156 

Diarrhoea, 115 

Diarrhoea, 52 



INDEX. 183 

Diarrhoea, 41 

Diarrhoea, 42 

Diarrhoea, 40 

Diarrhoea; bismuth, chalk and opium, 47 

Diarrhoea; bismuth and Dover's powder, 50 

Diarrhoea; castor oil mixture, 43 

Diarrhoea, children's, 107 

Diarrhoea, chronic, 40 

Diarrhoea, chronic, 53 

Diarrhoea, chronic, 58 

Diarrhoea, chronic, 58 

Diarrhoea, chronic, 112 

Diarrhoea, chronic, of children, 113 

Diarrhoea, hot drops in, 38 

Diarrhoea, in children, 103 

Diarrhoea of infants, 115 

Diarrhoea of phthisis, 47 

Diarrhoea of typhoid, 123 

Diarrhoea, opium, rhubarb and camphor for, 38 

Diarrhoea powder, 51 

Diarrhoea; rhubarb and lime, 45 

Diarrhoea, West's mixture for, 38 

Dilatation, cardiac, 16 

Dilatation of Heart, 16 

Dinner pill, 54 

Diphtheritic croup, 9 

Diphtheria, Letzerich's treatment, 15 

Dipsomania, 69 

Diuretic, 42 

Diuretic in cardiac dropsy, 9 

Diuretic in pleurisy, 29 

Diuretic pill in pleurisy, 29 



1 84 INDEX. 

Drink, craving for, 69 

Dropsy, diuretic in cardiac, 9 

Dropsy of emphysema, 36 

Dropsy, pleural, 28 

Dysentery, 59 

Dysentery, acute, 39 

Dysentery, acute, 45 

Dysentery, chronic, 58 

Dysentery, chronic, 58 

Dysentery, chronic, 53 

Dysentery, chronic, 45 

Dysentery, Hope's mixture, 44 

Dysmenorrhoea, 101 

Dysmenorrhcea, congestive, 93 

Dysmenorrhoea, obstinate, 10c 

Dysmenorrhoea, rheumatic, 92 

Dysmenorrhoea, rheumatic, 96 

Dyspepsia, atonic, 56 

Dyspepsia, bismuth and pepsin, 50 

Dyspepsia, compound bismuth powders, 50 

Dyspepsia, flatulent, 55 

Dyspeptic headache, 87 

Dyspepsia, irritative, 56 

Dyspepsia, irritative, 45 

Dyspepsia, pulv. bismuth, et pepsin, 51 

Dyspnoea, emetic in laryngeal, 35 

Dyspnoea of cardiac disease, 29 

Eczema, 154 

Eczema, 160 

Eczema, 171 

Eczema, acute, 156 

Eczema, chronic, of aged, 172 



INDEX. 185 



Elixir chloroform co. (McNutt), 168 

Elixir simplex, 170 

Emetic in laryngeal dyspnoea, 35 

Emetic in narcotic poisoning, 171 

Emissions, seminal, 168 

Emphysema, 29 

Emphysema, 13 

Emphysema, 10 

Emphysema, asthmatic fits of, 9 

Emphysema, dropsy of, 36 

Emulsion, expectorant, 24 

Emulsion of cod-liver oil with lime, 164 

Endometritis, chronic cervical, 93 

Epilepsy, 64 

Epilepsy, 63 

Epilepsy, 66 

Epilepsy, 69 

Epilepsy (conium mixture), 67 

Epilepsy (ergot mixture), 68 

Epilepsy, idiopathic, 60 

Epilepsy with anaemia, 62 

Ergot mixture for epilepsy, 68 

Ergotin for hypodermic use, 165 

Eruptions, syphilitic, 155 

Erysipelas, facial, 154 

Erysipelas, simple, 173 

Excoriations, 160 

Expectorant, 21 

Expectorant emulsion, 24 

Expectorant for children, 20 

Expectorant mixture, 24 

Expectorant mixture, Stoke's, 23 






1 86 INDEX. 

Expectorant, stimulating, 19 

Expectorant, stimulating, 26 

External haemorrhoids, 159 

External piles, 159 

Facial erysipelas, 154 

Febrile cough of children, nj 

Feet, fetid, 153 

Ferruginous aperient, 139 

Fetid feet, 153 

Fevers, 126 

Fevers, 120 

Fever, acute, 124 

Fever, asthenic inflammatory, 130 

Fever, continued, 119 

Fever, delirium of, 64 

Fever, delirium of, in children, 107 

Fever, hectic, 125 

Fever, milk, 95 

Fever, scarlet, 108 

Fever, sthenic, 121 

Fevers, symptomatic, 121 

Fissure of anus, 171 

Fissured nipples, 146 

Flatulence, 56 

Flatulent colic, 55 

Flatulent dyspepsia, 55 

Formula, Goodell's, 14a 

Foul breath, 153 

Freckles, 157 

Gargle, Bell's, 17 

Gastralgia, 43 

Gastralgia, 45 



INDEX. 187 



Gastric catarrh, 38 

Gastric catarrh, chronic, 53 

Gastric catarrh, chronic, 59 

Gastric catarrh, acute, 58 

Gastric irritability, 55 

Gastric ulcer, 54 

Gastric ulcer, 58 

Glands, scrofulous, 172 

Glands, tuberculous, 172 

Glue mixture for burns, 148 

Goa ointment, 149 

Goitre, 34 

Gonorrhoea, 136 

Gonorrhoea, 134 

Gonorrhoea, 136 

Gonorrhoea, acute stage, 135 

Gonorrhoea, inflammatory stage of, 134 

Gonorrhoea (repeated attacks), 135 

Gonorrhoea, second stage of, 134 

Goodell's formula, 140 

Good purgative, 53 ^ 

Gout, 130 

Gout, 131 

Gout, 129 

Gout, 122 

Gout, 126 

Gout, aperient in, 131 

Gout, rheumatic, 129 

Gouty headache, 85 

Gravel, 122 

Griffith's mixture, 139 

Gross's neuralgic pills, 67 



1 88 INDEX. 

Gums, ulcerated, 18 

Habitual constipation, 39 

Haemorrhage, 150 

Haemorrhage, 173 

Haemorrhage, accidental, in pregnancy, 97 

Haemorrhage, passive, 112 

Haemorrhoids, bleeding, 149 

Haemorrhoids, external, 159 

Haemorrhoids, internal, 171 

Haemoptysis, 31 

Haemoptysis, 19 

Haemostatic, 150 

Hall's mixture, modified, 140 

Hammond's mixture, 64 

Hay asthma, 13 

Hay asthma, 12 

Headache, 71 

Headache, anaemic, 89 

Headache, congestive, 88 

Headache, dyspeptic, 87 

Headache from cerebral tumors, 90 

Headache, gouty, 85 

Headache, reflex, 63 

Headache, rheumatic, 85 

Headache, uraemic, 85 

Heart, dilatation of, 16 

Heart disease, 16 

Heart disease, 32 

Heart disease, ^^ 

Heart disease, dyspnoea of, 29 

Heart, hypertrophy without valvular lesion, 18 

Heart, mitral regurgitation, 16 



INDEX. 189 

Hebra's diachylon ointment, 154 

Hectic fever, 125 

Hemorrhages, 15 

Herpes, 160 

Herpes circinnatus, 158 

Herpes circinnatus, 159 

Hoarseness, 30 

Hoffman's anodyne and potash iodide, 25 

Hoffman's anodyne and potash iodide, 28 

Hooping cough, 15 

Hooping cough, 112 

Hooping cough, 113 

Hooping cough, 115 

Hooping cough, 116 

Hope's mixture for dysentery, 44 

Hot drops in diarrhoea, 38 

Hydrocyanic mixture, 26 

Hydrothorax, 28 

Hyperaemia of kidney, 42 

Hyperaemia, renal, 42 

Hypertrophy of heart, without valvular lesion, 18 

Hypnotic, 61 

Hypnotic, 68 

Hypophosphites, compound syrup of, 66 

Hysteria, 70 

Injuries of muscles, 130 

Injuries of tendons, 130 

Impetigo, 157 

Impetigo, 158 

Impotence, 167 

Incontinence, nocturnal, in children, 104 

Indurated glands from scarlatina, 171 



190 INDEX. 

Infantile convulsions, 106 

Infantile diarrhoea, 115 

Infantile syphilis, 104 

Infants, catarrhal bronchitis of, 105 

Infants, cough of, 105 

Inflamed nipples, 157 

Inflammation of nipples, 152 

Inflammatory fever, asthenic, 130 

Influenza, 17 

Insomnia, 70 

Insomnia of typhus, 128 

Inter-menstrual acne, 161 

Internal piles, 171 

Intestinal colic, 58 

Intestinal diarrhoea, 58 

Intestinal diarrhoea, 52 

Intestine, constipation, 40 

Intestine (diarrhoea), 40 

Iodide of potassium with Hoffman's anodyne, 25 

Irritative dyspepsia, 56 

Irritative dyspepsia, 45 

Irritable bladder, 172 

Irritable stomach of children, 115 

Irritability, gastric, 55 

Iritis, 150 

Itch, 157 

Itch, 158 

Itch in children, 113 

Kidney, hyperaemia of, 42 

Kidneys (acute nephritis), 59 

Kidneys, inflammation of, 57 

Labor, anaesthetic in, 101 



INDEX. I91 

Laryngeal dyspnoea, emetic in, 35 

Laryngismus stridulus, 113 

Larynx, acute congestion of, 33 

Larynx, acute congestion of, S3 

Larynx, stimulant in congestion of, 36 

Larynx, ulceration of, 30 

Larynx, weakness of, 30 

Laxative, 54 

Laxative, compound liquorice powder, 50 

Laxative in change of life, 102 

Laxative in uterine disorders, 96 

Laxative pills, 47 

Laxative pills, 48 

Laxative pills, Squibb's, 49 

Lead colic, 37 

Leucorrhcea, chronic, 94 

Lente's solution of quinine, 166 

Letzerich's treatment of diphtheria, 15 

Licorice mixture, 25 

Licorice mixture, compound, 23 

Lithiasis, 122 

Liquor chloroform co., 165 

Liquid pepsin, 49 

Liver, cirrhosis of, 41 

Liver, sluggish, 46 

Loomis' tonic, 144 

Loss of strength, 52 

Lotion, Taylor's, 152 

Loss of appetite, 52 

Lungs (asthma), 22 

Lungs (asthma), 13 

Lungs (bronchitis), 22 



192 - INDEX. 

Lungs (caseous pneumonia), 20 

Lungs (emphysema), 10 

Lungs (emphysema, 13 

Lungs (emphysema), 29 

Lungs, haemorrhage from, 19 

Lungs, haemorrhage from, 31 

Lungs, inflammation of, 7 

Lungs, inflammation of, 27 

Malaria, 128 

Malaria, anaemia in, 138 

Malaria, anaemia of, 124 

Malaria, chronic, 121 

Malarial enlargement of spleen, 123 

Malaria, tonic in, 137 

Mania, sub-acute, 62 

McCready's plaster, 150 

Menopause, laxative at, 102 

Menorrhagia of climacteric, 98 

Menstruation, painful, 101 

Mercurial, salivation, 14 

Mercurial salivation, 18 

Metrorrhagia, 99 

Metrorrhagia, 97 

Menorrhagia, 101 

Metrorrhagia of climacteric, 99 

Migraine, 71 

Milk Fever, 95 

Mistura ferri comp., 139 

Mitral Regurgitation, 16 

Mixture, brown, 23 

Mixture, cannabis, 65 

Mixture, expectorant, 24 



INDEX. 193 

Mixture, expectorant, 21 

Mixture, Hammond's, 64 

Mixture, hydrocyanic, 26 , 

Mixture, liquorice, 25 

Mixture, phosphorus, 66 

Mixture, potash chlorate, 26 

Mixture, potash cyanide and bromide, 27 

Mixture, potash nitrate, 25 

Mixture, sedative, 67 

Mixture, sedative, 24 

Monomania of suspicion, 62 

Mouth, ulcerated, 18 

Muscles, injuries of, 130 

Muscular pains, chronic, 154 

Muscular rheumatism, 125 

Narcotic, 68 

Narcotic poisoning, emetic in, 171 

Nausea, anti-emetic mixture in, 43 

Nausea of uterine irritation, 100 

Nephritis, acute, 57 

Nephritis, acute, 59 

Nephritis, chronic interstitial, 46 

Nephritis (second stage), 57 

Neuralgia, 67 

Neuralgia, 60 

Neuralgia, 61 

Neuralgia, 68 

Neuralgia, 67 

Neuralgia, tonic in, 69 

Neuralgic pills (Brown S6quard's), 68 

Neuralgic pills (Gross's), 67 

Neuralgic rheumatism, 130 



194 INDEX. 

Nervine tonic, 64 

Nipples, fissured, 146 

Nipples, inflamed, 157 

Nipples, inflammation of, 152 

Nipples, sore, 150 

Nipples, sore, 156 

Nipples, sore, 159 

Nocturnal incontinence in children, 104 

Odors from axilla, 153 

Opium, rhubarb and camphor in diarrhoea, 38 

Oxaluria, 174 

Oxyuris vermicularis, 107 

Ozaena, 35 

Ozaena, 34 

Passive haemorrhage, 112 

Parasitic skin diseases, 148 

Parasitic skin diseases, 146 

Pepsin, liquid, 49 

Pericarditis, anti-rheumatic in, 31 

Pertussis, 15 

Pertussis, 112 

Pertussis, 113 

Pertussis, 115 

Pertussis, 116 

Phagedena, sloughing, 158 

Pharynx, acute congestion of, 33 

Pharynx, relaxation of, 35 

Phosphorated cod-liver oil, 163 

Phosphorated emulsion, 162 

Phosphorus mixture, 66 

Phosphorus, tincture of, 65 

Phthisis, 13 



INDEX. 195 

Phthisis, aphthae of, 14 

Phthisis, chronic, 11 

Phthisis, diarrhoea of, 47 

Phthisis, rheumatism of, 126 

Piles, bleeding, 149 

Piles, external, 159 

Piles, internal, 171 

Pills, anti-rheumatic, 120 

Pills, aperient, 48 

Pills, diuretic, in pleurisy, 29 

Pills laxative, 47 

Pitting of vaccinia, 161 

Plaster, McCready's, 150 

Pleural dropsy, 28 

Pleurisy, 35 

Pleurisy, acute, 30 

Pleurisy, counter-irritant in, 28 

Pleurisy, diuretic in, 29 

Pleurisy, diuretic pill in, 29 

Pleurisy, sub-acute, 8 

Pleurisy, vesicant in, 153 

Pleuritis, 35 

Pleuritis, acute, 18 

Pleuritis, chronic, 33 

Pneumonia, 7 

Pneumonia, 27 

Pneumonia, caseous, 20 

Poisoning, emetic in narcotic, 171 

Porrigo, 116 

Post-partum pills, Barker's, 98 

Potash chlorate mixture, 26 

Potash cyanide and bromide mixture, 27 



196 INDEX. 

Potash nitrate mixture, 25 

Powder, Tully's, 170 

Pregnancy, accidental haemorrhage in, 97 

Pregnancy, pruritus of, 149 

Pregnancy, vomiting of, 93 

Pregnancy, vomiting of, 95 

Pregnancy, vomiting of, 94 

Prurigo senilis, 159 

Pruritus, 147 

Pruritus ani, 158 

Pruritus of pregnancy, 149 

Pruritus vulvae, 151 

Pruritis vulvae, 101 

Purgative, good formula, 53 

Purge, strong, 57 

Putrid sore throat, 35 

Putrid sore throat of scarlatina, 35 

Quinine for hypodermic use, 166 

Quinine, Lente's solution of, 166 

Rectum, ulcers of, 160 

Reflex headache, 63 

Regurgitation, mitral, 16 

Relaxation of pharynx, 35 

Renal hyperaemia, 42 

Retention of urine, 173 

Rheumatic dysmenorrhoea, 92 

Rheumatic dysmenorrhoea, 96 

Rheumatic gout in cachectic subjects, 129 

Rheumatic headache, 85 

Rheumatic pain, application in, 120 

Rheumatism, 127 

Rheumatism, 125 



INDEX. 197 



Rheumatism, 127, 128 

Rheumatism, 120 

Rheumatism, acute, 124 

Rheumatism, cachexia of, 129 

Rheumatism, chronic, 129 

Rheumatism, chronic, 122 

Rheumatism, muscular, 125 

Rheumatism, neuralgic, 130 

Rheumatism of phthisis, 126 

Rheumatism (salicylic acid), 127 

Rhubarb and soda, 45 

Rhubarb and soda, 44 

Ringworm, 158 

Ringworm, 159 

Round worm, 107 

Rum stomach, 37 

Salicylic acid in rheumatism, 127 

Salivation, mercurial, 14 

Salivation, mercurial, 18 

Sarcina ventriculi, 56 

Scabies, 157 

Scabies,. 158 

Scabies in children, 113 

Scarlatina, 117 

Scarlatina, 108 

Scarlatina, indurated glands from, 171 

Scarlatina, putrid sore throat of, 35 

Scarlet fever, 117 

Scarlet fever, 108 

Scrofulous glands, 172 

Second stage of nephritis, 57 

Sedative in uterine affections, 102 



I98 INDEX. 

Sedative mixture, 24 

Sedative mixture, 67 

Seminal emissions, 168 

Sick headache, 71 

Simple elixir, 170 

Skin diseases, 147 

Skin diseases, chronic, 173 

Skin diseases, parasitic, 146 

Skin diseases, parasitic, 148 

Skin diseases (goa ointment), 149 

Skin diseases (ung. hydrarg. ox. rub.), 148 

Skin disease (ung. picis alk.), 148 

Sleeplessness, 70 

Sleeplessness (hypnotic), 61 

Sleeplessness, hypnotic for, 68 

Sleeplessness in uterine disorders, 91 

Sloughing phagedena, 158 

Sluggish liver, 46 

Smith's bitters, 139 

Soda bicarbonate mixture, 44 

Sore nipples, 159 

Sore nipples, 156 

Sore nipples, 150 

Sore throat, putrid, 35 

Spasmodic asthma, 11 

Spasmodic cough, 32 

Spermatorrhoea, 167 

Spitting of blood, 19 

Spleen, malarial enlargement of, 123 

Squibb's cholera mixture, 47 

Squibb's laxative pills, 49 

Sthenic fever, 121 



INDEX. I99 



Stimulating expectorant, 19 

Stimulating expectorant, 26 

Stoke's expectorant mixture, 23 

Stomach (acute gastric catarrh), 58 

Stomach (chronic gastric catarrh), 53 

Stomach (chronic gastric catarrh), 59 

Stomach (gastralgia), 43 

Stomach (gastralgia), 45 

Stomach (gastric catarrh), 38 

Stomach (gastric irritability), 55 

Stomach (gastric ulcer), 58 

Stomach (gastric ulcer), 54 

Stomach, irritable, of children, 115 

Stomach, rum, 37 

Stomach (sarcina ventriculi), 56 

Stomatitis, 117 

Strong purge, 57 

Stimulant in congestion of larynx, 36 

Strychnia mixture, 140 

Strychnine tonic, 145 

Stimulant in croup, 116 

St. Vitus' dance, 61 

St. Vitus' dance, 65 

St. Vitus' dance, 116 

Sub-acute mania, 62 

Sub-acute pleurisy, 8 

Sulphur paste, 147 

Summer catarrh, 13 

Summer catarrh, 12 

Summer diarrhoea in children, 104 

Sunburn, 157 

Suspicion, monomania of, 62 






200 INDEX. 

Symptomatic fevers. 121 

Syphilis, 136 

Syphilis (bichloride of mercury), 133 

Syphilis, early stage of, 135 

Syphilis (iodide of ammonium), 135 

Syphilis, infantile, 104 

Syphilis (iodide of potassium), 133 

Syphilis (syrup mercury biniodide), 132 

Syphilis (Taylor's mixed treatment), 132 

Syphilis (Thompson's mixed treatment), 132 

Syphilitic cachexia, 133 

Syphilitic cachexia, 136 

Syphilitic eruptions, 155 

Tan, 157 

Taylor's lotion, 152 

Tendons, injuries of, 130 

Thomson's tonic, 145 

Throat affections, chronic, 12 

Thread-worm, 107 

Tincture of phosphorus, 65 

Tonic, 138 

Tonic (elixir cinchona and iron), 144 

Tonic (ferri, quinia e't strychnia), 138 

Tonic (iodide mixture), 143 

Tonic in malaria, 137 

Tonic in neuralgia, 69 

Tonic (iron and cinchona), 143 

Tonic (iron and citrate of ammonia), 142 

Tonic (iron and quinine), 144 

Tonic, lemon, 143 

Tonic, Loomis', 144 

Tonic (muriatic acid mixture), 139 



INDEX, 201 

Tonic, nervine, 64 

Tonic pills, 137 

Tonic, strychnine, 145 

Tonic (sulphate of cinchona), 143 

Tonic, Thomson's, 145 

Tonic (wine of iron and citrate of quinidia), 140 

Tonic (wine of iron and citrate of quinine), 142 

Tonic (wine of citrate of iron), 145 

Tonsillitis, 34 

Tuberculous glands, 172 

Tully's powder, 170 

Typhoid, delirium of, 119 

Typhus, delirium of, 128 

Typhoid, diarrhoea of, 123 

Typhoid fever, 129 

Typhus, insomnia of, 128 % 

Ulcer, gastric, 54 

Ulcer of anus, 171 

Ulceration of cervix uteri, 101 

Ulcers of rectum, 160 

Ulcerated gums, 18 

Ulcerated mouth, 18 

Ulceration of larynx, 30 

Uraemia, 46 

Uraemic headache, 85 

Urine, alkaline, 172 

Urine, retention of, 173 

Urine, scanty, with cardiac debility, 17 

Uterine affections, sedative in, 102 

Uterine atony, amenorrhoea from, 99 

Uterine disorders, laxative in, 96 

Uterine disorders, sleeplessness in, 91 






202 INDEX. 

Uterine irritation, nausea of, ioo 
Vaccinia, pitting of, 161 
Valvular disease, 32 
Vegetable cathartic pills, 49 
Vesicant in pleurisy, 153 
Vomiting of children, 115 
Vomiting of pregnancy, 93 
Vomiting of pregnancy, 95 
Vomiting of pregnancy, 94 
Vulva, pruritus of, 151 
Vulva, pruritus of, 101 
Weakness of larynx, 30 
West's mixture for diarrhoea, 38 
Whooping cough, 116 
Whooping cough, 115 
Whooping c§ugh, 113 
Whooping cough, 112 
Whooping cough, 15 
Wind, 56 
Worms, 56 



